Category: Parenting

  • Postpartum

    Postpartum

    I’m pretty sure most girls grow up thinking about their future lives in terms of qualities and quantities. A handsome, dark haired husband with blue eyes. Four children. A well appointed home with a white picket fence. The perfectly suited career that allows you to stay home with your children. We are told to dream;…

  • The Joy of Cooking?

    The Joy of Cooking?

    I hate to cook. Let’s just get that out there. I am surrounded by women, like my own mother, who are magnificent cooks. They make meals a work of art I can’t even comprehend. When we went to San Diego to visit over the last Christmas break, my kids said they’d never been so full…

  • A Revolutionary March

    A Revolutionary March

    2- The Battle of Dorchester (1776)In February of 1776, General Washington was on the lookout for a way to get back into Boston, and kick the British out. When Henry Knox arrived with his 60 cannons from Canada, Washington decided his first step was to get his men onto Dorchester Heights, and build a defensive…

  • A Revolutionary October

    A Revolutionary October

    Oct 2, 1775 In 1775, Deborah Champion was the 22 year old daughter of Henry Champion, the Commisary General of the Continental Army.  A horsemen entered the family yard in New London with great distress and Deborah was sent to the store so she wouldn’t hear what he had to say.  When she returned, the…

  • Learning History: A Revolutionary September

    Learning History: A Revolutionary September

    1 – The Currency Act (1764) 5 – 1st Continental Congress met in Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia. Meeting continued until October 26th (1774) 8 – Battle of Eutaw Springs (1781) 11 – Battle of Brandywine (1777) 15 – British occupy NYC (1776) 19 – Battle of Saratoga at Freeman’s Farm (1777) General Horatio Gates, pompous…

  • Left Handers Day; and other traits we pass on to our children

    Left Handers Day; and other traits we pass on to our children

    August 13th is Left-Handers Day. Not a huge holiday, I know, but certainly a celebration for those of us lefties who made it through school without being traumatized by the overwhelming amount of right-handed bias. Lefties unite! Though it was a small thought, each time my children began using a fork and then a pencil,…

  • 180 Days of Sunshine

    180 Days of Sunshine

    Did you know it takes 180 days of sun to ripen a watermelon?  No wonder some are so much sweeter than others. They look completely the same on the outside, and yet on the inside, the sun makes all the difference. We get so impatient in this world to be finished with things; to be…

  • Learning History: A Revolutionary August

    Learning History:  A Revolutionary August

    AUGUST CALENDAR of REVOLUTIONARY DAYS 1 – Patriots ambushed by Cherokee & saved by mounted charge at Seneca, SC (1776) 2 – Delegates begin to sign the Declaration of Independence (1776) After the delegates of the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, there was a silence throughout the room. Some wept and others bowed…

  • Revolutionary Library: Book Ideas for Learning History

    Revolutionary Library:  Book Ideas for Learning History

    Whatever your passion, involve your children. Invite them into new worlds with books on every subject. George R R Martin said, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.” Books can bring a whole new dimension to a child’s perspective and knowledge. Since my passion is history, and more specifically the founding of our…

  • History Taught at the Table

    History Taught at the Table

    Recent research concludes that eating one meal as a family everyday can increase a child’s ability to stand up for what they believe. It also is a fabulous place to talk to your kids about your moral views, and discuss each others passions. One of my passions is American history. I got it from my…