Family

We were sitting around the other night, swapping old stores, as is wont to happen when the old folks are here visiting.Aunt Heidi has so many to choose from when she gets going on her deceased husband, Bill. (Again, for clarification, not the John McCain…

I have loved watching Declan blossom at summer camp. Truly. Remember when they put on the Lion King? And Thriller right after? And then, check out what they have been up to this week, with Alicia Keys as their muse. This is their last week…

You get a bunch of cool old family photos via email!And when I say "cool," I mean "full of liquor." We ARE German, after all.Isn't it awesome when you look at your baby photos and think: "Thank God I don't look like that anymore." Although…

School is definitely winding down. Every day, Declan's backpack is filled to the gills with his work from the year in various classes. Because, even in Kindergarten, they have special classes for music, art, gym, etc.In his art class, unbeknownst to us, he had a…

Based on the Twitter chatter last night, many of you have seen yesterday's article that contemplates whether or not Mommy Blogging is exploitative, featuring Her Bad Mother and Don Mills Diva (and by extension, Dooce). And many of us have already mouthed off on it.…

I have been trying to write this post for a while, but literally frightened of the backlash that could ensue. So, I would like to preface this post with the fact that I really am not intending to bash homeschooling in general and that I…