Earlier this week I challenged everyone to help me build a reading list for kids 8-18 this summer. I have had a great response so far. Here is what we have to date:
My input:
Eragon (Inheritance, Book 1) - Christopher Paolini; great book for boys ages 10-18
Harry Potter Paperback Box Set (Books 1-6) - J.K. Rowland; […]
I took the kids to see Shrek the Third yesterday - mainly because we have seen the first two and really enjoyed them, but also because we have been playing the Shrek the Third Gameboy and PS2 games for the past week and we wanted to see how the two compared to the movie.
First, the […]
School is almost out and while most kids would like to forget all about school, mine can’t wait to start pouring through their favorite books. The school gives them a list of recommended reading, but that just doesn’t hold them over.
Let’s start a group writing project! Help me create the ultimate summer reading list for […]
One of the biggest challenges of being the Mom of three busy kids, is getting everyone fed - healthy, quick, and something they like.
One of my favorite strategies is menu planning. Each Sunday night, I plan the menu for the week. I can make sure we get balanced meals, it saves on groceries, and keeps […]
As many of you know, my 13 Things We Need To Teach Our Teens was nominated as the Grasshopper New Media Parent’s Hot Stuff post of the week. Apparently I won with about 50% of the vote.
Wow! Thank you to all who voted. I can’t wait to see which blogs are featured next week. […]
One of the things we fear most as parents is that our child will become the victim of bullying. We come across bullies in all areas of our lives and just because we become grown ups, it doesn’t mean that all the bullies go away - they just come across a bit differently.
Joe Bruzzese, offers […]
Life in my son’s world has been out of whack for the past two weeks. Why? Because he had misplaced his beloved Game Boy Advance SP. He has looked high and low in every nook and cranny he could think of.
Because I am a “mean” Mom, I told him that if he didn’t find it […]
I just found out that my post 13 Things We Need To Teach Our Teens has been nominated for GNMParent’s Hot Stuff of the Week award. Thank you, thank you to whoever nominated me!!
Anyhow, go on over and vote for me, please!
And while you are there, check out some of the other nominees. All […]
Kristen King at Lively Women has honored this blog by passing the Thinking Blog award on to Weary Parent. The origin of the Thinking Blog Award can be found at The Thinking Blog.
I would like to pass the award on to 5 blogs that I feel do a great job of dealing with parenting issues […]
“Inside you is the power to do anything”. This is the underlying theme of the new book series by J.H. Sweet called The Fairy Chronicles. This series of chapter books features a cast of otherwise normal girls who find out that Mother Nature has blessed them each with special gifts - fairy powers.
Each fairy […]
Parenting Tweens & Teens. Been there, done that.
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