Every time he cried I could see fresh chord coming up and it made me want to faint. The pediatrician shot it with some medicine to heal it and he survived. I pulled my daughters chord when unsnapping her pajamas and it fell off a little early too and she was fine as well. Obviously...
Christmas morning was a bubbling mass of excitement as we all gathered in the living room, and took turns opening gifts. There was always one for me, and for my brother labeled “From Santa,” supplemental to the gifts from our parents, and each other. As if we were not wired enough f...
Tickle Me Elmo In the winter of 1996, parents across America trampled each other on Black Friday and scoured stores in vain for the hottest Christmas toy of the year—and perhaps of all time. It was Tickle Me Elmo, a "Sesame Street" spinoff that launched a must-have craze not seen sin...
You may not want to pack a lot of extra items on your family ski vacation, but some things are worth the space. We like to bring our usual Christmas linens so we can set our table for Christmas Eve, and we bring stockings and special Christmas pajamas. It’s easy to bring a travel ...
Strawberry Shortcake and her sweet-smelling, dessert-themed friends like Lemon Meringue and Blueberry Muffin were all the rage for little girls in the ’80s. An animated television series, Atari video game, and memorabilia including pajamas and bedding, accompanied the craze of tiny plastic figurine...
I expected her to be up at an insanely early hour the next morning demanding to leave, but she surprised me by sleeping until after 7:00, and lounging around in her pajamas for almost an hour before she started getting antsy. DH had to run to the office for a bit, so we waited at...
Pajamas Optional March 5, 2015 § 2 Comments Who’s ready for a good snooze right about now? I’m not talking about the fall-into-bed-eyes-already-closing-ready-to-be-awakened-at-any-time kind of snooze, which is par for the course when parenting young children. I’m talking about ...
Decorate yourselves!Buy the family holiday-themed pajamas to wear, or a matching set of Santa hats. When you’re all dressed up for the holidays, the feeling of celebration will live in your vacation home, hotel room, or condo with or without the decorations. ...
He needs me to back off sometimes, and let him have time to be their dad. That one is hard. Often at the end of the day I am so ready for bedtime to come around. To follow the routine and get teeth brushed and pajamas on, prayers said, and kids put into bed. But all that ...
We see each other every year at Christmas. That’s it. I have four step-siblings who are actually pretty great, but are naturally closer to one another than to me, because they grew up together, all born within four or five years of each other. Logically, I understand that the ...