“I can barely handle my two kids, I don’t know how you do it!”

This is the phrase I most often hear when we are out in public. A close second is the phrase “you have your hands full!” I realize that in this age of convenience our family represents an odd throwback to […]

Parental pride is an odd thing. As a mom I have the right to plaster my minivan’s bumper with stickers telling everyone trapped in traffic that my kid is a smarty-pants. I don’t do this and never will because as a general rule I loathe bumper stickers. They tell too much information about the person […]