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It is so interesting to find that children really are not that interested in toys. Yes, they are made specifically for children and most of them have beautiful, bright, eye-catching colors, however in doing a little asking around, it seems that they would rather play with plain cardboard boxes or make...

Like many other chronic illnesses, Alzheimers has a mysterious rhythm of good days and bad, but gradually what you used to consider a very bad day becomes the norm. The good days are now a pleasant surprise, but Mom's not able to string many of them together anymore. I've read a few books--memoirs...

Well, I believe most of the sickness in our house is over and done with (this go 'round). Everyone is back to school and work and doing fine. Now we are about to go into the summer--lots of time off from school with almost nothing to do. I am furiously looking into summer activities/camps to see...

I had to pick up my little 4 year old from school today, she had a fever. I thought she had one this morning before school, but could not find the thermometer and so took the chance that she was just being a little fussier than normal. She did feel hot to the touch, so who knows why I ignored that. I...

I received a call from the police department. They were following up on the accident we had at school and are asking for an estimate of the damage done to my care. They said that they "are looking at the guy" that hit my car. Is he in custody? Well, no, because I have seen him twice at the...

So our second (and last) family getaway for a while was to Orlando. Yes, the vacation capital. So much to do and no time to do it. So guess what we did? NOTHING. That’s right, nothing. We got a cool hotel, parked the car and didn’t move until checkout. There was a nice restaurant, swimming pools, Jacuzzi...

I just got a new car in 2007 and I am loving it. It has all the features that I wanted and it’s great for taking my kids to school. I was hoping that the only "wear and tear" that would ever happen to it would be my children. Well, the other day, I took a day off work to go out of town. My...

We needed to get away and find something fun to do with the kids, so we decided to try Jacksonville earlier this month. Their zoo is really neat and we saw far more animals than we expected to find. I'll admit that it is not easy to watch them knowing that they are in captivity, but hey, they are...

I am not sure how you can tell what children will like and what they won’t when you create a children's show, but this Dora is a hit! My child has not watched Dora on TV in almost a year, and yet she loves anything with Dora on it. The bedspread, lunch box, any doll, shoes, etc. I think that it’s...

The ongoing saga of Jack: It really did seem cruel to deny Jack the Mommy time we'd planned, and sometimes I think backing off all the punishment and allowing for a time to be close again does more to improve behavior than all the denied privileges. Do I sound like I'm making excuses for myself...