By Liz Thompson - Posted May 14, 2012
CONFESSION: My children never learned how to ride a bike and not for the lack of our trying to teach them, either. In fact, my two oldest girls had pretty little pink bicycles, each with multi-colored streamers hanging from the handle bars and personalized license plates which sat in the garage gathering dust, until we [...]
By Liz Thompson - Posted May 14, 2012
I’m not a big fan of Mother’s Day. I know, considering I’ve given birth to 4 kids and everything, I’m probably breaking, like, a dozen parenting laws, or something, right? It’s just that, well, let me break it down for you: My oldest is graduating high school in a few weeks My youngest is graduating [...]
By Liz Thompson - Posted April 12, 2012
The weather has been unusually warm (here in Jersey, for early spring, anyway) so, it’s a blessing to be able to open up the windows and air out the house a little – and let the teens out too! My 13 year-old son texted me from school the other day, “I’m gonna walk home.” My [...]
By Liz Thompson - Posted December 21, 2011
One of my ALL TIME favorite homemade teacher’s gifts my oldest girls made, some time ago, that also meets with MY crafting criteria: Inexpensive Supplies are easy to find Proved Dork-proof In 4 steps, or less In other words, if you’re strapped for holiday-ish ideas, or perhaps suffering from a bit of, “What do you [...]
By Liz Thompson - Posted December 8, 2011
I remember, soon after my husband and I got married, when we bought ourselves a Nintendo 64 and would spend hours playing games like Zelda, Mario Bros., and Donkey Kong, just for fun. Then again, we didn’t have any kids and were able to call first dibs on everything, including our television set. We love [...]
By Liz Thompson - Posted November 22, 2011
One of our favorite holiday traditions started when my youngest brought home a Thanksgiving tree she made in 1st grade out of Popsicle sticks: Cut out leaves using construction paper or foam Write a word on each describing what you are thankful for Glue leaves onto popsicle sticks Place into a miniature clay pot filled [...]
By Liz Thompson - Posted November 15, 2011
My husband, Garth [not his real name] and I don’t get a chance to hang out together a lot anymore. Oh, we’re fine. Thanks. It’s just that, by the end of the day or whenever it is we’re both able to actually sit down (together) it’s most likely bedtime. Weekends, however, are for food shopping [...]
By Liz Thompson - Posted November 2, 2011
“Juicy and sweet; bright; crispy when fresh; sometimes slightly tart; with a flavor all its own,” these were a few of the words commonly used on the handout labeled, “How to know your apple,” at our local pick-your-own orchard. Oh, how I miss those kindergarten field trips! Thinking back on it now, it’s also a pretty accurate description [...]
By Liz Thompson - Posted October 29, 2011
I love the idea of recycling stuff around the house to use for crafts, homemade holiday gifts and, more importantly, last-minute school projects. Like the year my middle girl started going to school full-time and my flipping out over totally forgetting to get her a costume for Halloween. What?!? I had a new baby in [...]
By Liz Thompson - Posted October 28, 2011
I still remember the day when my oldest announced that she was done with trick-or-treating (she was 14 at the time, I think) still, her revelation threw me for a loop. Holly is turning 18, next month (that’s a whole other adult, people!) and though our nest is by no means empty — a bit [...]
