Tag Archives: children
Lovely Lesson ~ 5 Ways To Take Control Of Your Patience
It is 4:30 pm and I’ve just picked up the kids from school and daycare. I think to myself, what can I whip up for dinner in the next 30 minutes? One little darling asks me for a snack, another is whining for milk and an iPad, the third is dumping out an entire container of Legos, […]
Lovely Thing ~ La Seine and I
This weekend, I watched the sweetest animated movie with my children. While browsing through Netflix, the movie, A Monster in Paris, caught our attention. Set in Paris in 1910, a mishap in a greenhouse turns a tiny creature into the “Monster in Paris.” The Parisian music had all three of my children dancing on the living […]
To the Good Guys
My toddler son is very into good guys and bad guys. Amazingly, he can name scores of good and bad Star Wars and Marvel super hero characters by name. And to top it all off, he frequently leaves the house in costumes that range from Darth Vader to Spiderman. One summer morning, I had to […]
Lovely Thing ~ Children in the Park
Summertime brings free concerts in the park near our home. As the only empty-nesters on our cul-de-sac, my husband and I often ride bikes there with our neighbors and their children. We settle on our blankets and enjoy the music, but I have the most fun watching the kids flitting around us like beautiful butterflies. […]
Family Vacations
It was the summer of 1997 and my parents’ white Dodge Grand Caravan was packed to the gills with more suitcases than my dad thought was reasonable. My mom sat up front, prepared for the drive with a bag of magazines the height of a step stool. I rolled my eyes to the top of […]
Lessons in Loveliness 