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Giddy Dip’Ems: a New Healthy Snack for Kids

A healthy snack alternative

Does your elementary school aged kid bring a snack to school? Mine does. Since she started full-day school in first grade, Zuzu has brought a snack to school, in addition to her lunch, at the teacher’s request. Depending on when she wakes up, Zuzu can have four or five hours of hard-core [...]

Active Family Adventure: Biking Morton Arboretum

The bikers get ready to hit the trail.

For JR, this summer has been his first summer as a biker. Early last spring I took JR to our favorite bike store, Dan’s Bike Shop in nearby Berwyn, for his first big boy bike. (It was kind of an expensive purchase for no special occasion, [...]

The Parenting Walk of Shame

JR was all smiles while in the pool

At four and a half, JR is a far more civilized creature than the binky-dependent rageaholic of a year ago. But at the same time, he is as strong-willed and singularly-minded as ever. His most frustrating trait, for me as his mother, is his insistence on [...]

Back to School with Blue Sky Home Series

Stylish organization from Blue Sky

My children both head back to school in a few weeks. This fall is shaping up to be our busiest one ever. Now that Zuzu is in third grade, her schedule is jam-packed with activities. I don’t think of myself as one of those parents who overschedules her child, [...]

Part II: San Diego Without Kids

Bone marrow appretizer at JSix

After three days of vacation in San Diego, I said goodbye to my family, who were on their way to Los Angeles — via Disneyland — to visit cousins. I remained in San Diego for three days of work, namely a one-day writing conference entitled Women Create Media followed [...]