parenting in blue jeans

I'm a big fan of date nights but between dinner and a movie and then paying a babysitter, they can be a killer on the budget. Not to men...

Really. I don't let my kids have juice all of the time. I have to admit though, it's awfully convenient to tuck a few juice boxes in...

The last few days I've been running around trying to tie up all the loose ends before I leave for a week. Okay, really I'm trying t...

I was talking with some teenagers last weekend and they were going on about a road trip. They're new to driving and were planning discov...

When my son finished preschool he was so sad to find out that he had to wait a whole summer until he could begin kindergarten. This year, he...

I hate lugging in the groceries. By the time I get the kids to the store, wrangle our 3 year old into the cart, argue about why we are not b...

It's week 1 of summer and it's official...we're bored! Now, I've always believed that only boring people get bored. I don...

I hear Neil Diamond in my head.... Money talks. but it don't sing and dance and it don't walk. And long as I can have you here with ...

Tickets are our family's currency. We use them to pay our kids for doing the extra jobs that go beyond their normal chores and we use th...

I like to clean. It's okay, we can still be friends. Here's the disclaimer: this doesn't mean that my house IS clean it just mea...

Am I the only one who gets attached to my kids clothes? A year ago, I had tubs and tubs of clothes stacked around our basement. I just could...