My dreams of a family-bonding vacation to Yellowstone National Park this summer have been completely dashed by several harsh realities. First off, I knew things weren’t going in my favor when I couldn’t find any hotels in or near the park and airfare was ridiculously expensive as far back as last spring. Then my husband and kids [...]
Posts Tagged ‘summer vacation’
Family vacation vs. air conditioning
Posted in Family, tagged aging homes, air conditioning, appliances, energy efficiency, furnaces, home maintenance, home repairs, summer vacation, vacation, vacation planning, vacation plans, Yellowstone National Park on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Summer vacation plans cancelled?
Posted in Family, tagged all-star baseball, baseball tournaments, schedules, summer vacation, vacation, vacation planning, vacation plans on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We got our son’s all-star baseball schedule tonight. When the coach asked the parents what their vacation plans were, nobody said anything until I spoke up. We were planning a family vacation in mid-July, the first real vacation we’ve had in 4-5 years. Now my husband is afraid to miss an all-star tournament that week, [...]
What’s for lunch?
Posted in Kids, tagged eating, fast food, food, food choices, healthy foods, lunches, mothers, nutrition, parenting, summer vacation, teens on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that my kids are on their own for the first time this summer, the question of what’s for lunchlooms larger than ever. When I talked to my daughter today, she said all they had was leftover macaroni and cheese (and soft drinks, I discovered later). They didn’t eat any chicken nuggets or turkey lunch [...]
Growing up
Posted in Kids, tagged activities, change, childhood, clothes, daughters, down time, growing up, independence, mother-daughter, motherhood, parenting, stages of life, summer vacation, teenage girls, teens, toys on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently wrote about letting go of kids as they get older, how their interests change, and how they want to do new and different things than they did as younger children. I mentioned that my own mother was having a harder time letting my kids grow up than I was. She was upset that [...]
Letting go
Posted in Kids, tagged grandmothers, home alone, independence, latchkey kids, letting go, motherhood, mothers, opinions, overbearing, overprotective, parenting, summer, summer vacation, teenagers, teens, worry on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know which is harder: letting go of my children as they get older or keeping myself from turning into my mother, who still keeps a watchful eye on me even as I enter middle age. Nothing I do (or don’t do) doesn’t escape her notice or comment.
Ever since my kids were too old [...]
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