My Halloween post - posted really late: Halloween is not only my favorite holiday, but it is also my wedding anniversary. Sixteen years. Amazing. Why did I think that this would be a good day to have an anniversary? We get hundreds of kids banging on our door and any idea of celebrating on our...
We all went to an amazing FairyHouse garden Tour in Portsmouth, NH recently. My mother-in-law shot this picture of my daughter - and I'm having urges to paint it with oversized flowers in the background... ...and perhaps you have always wondered, how a fairy gets around with those filmy wings?...
A few months ago I saw an ad in the local paper about an 11 year-old boy who had suddenly been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. He was having chemo and radiation and his family was asking for donations to help out. I ripped out the info and begged my husband to write a...
Well, that one Parent Visitation Day came and went. I do think summer months move faster than other months... anyway... we were SO excited to visit the kid. There was a mad rush of parents towards kids and kids towards parents. It resembled some battle scene from the movies, but with smiles and boxes of...
OK... Did I blink or something and miss the entire month of June!!? Yikes. I ran off for 5 days to the Foxwoods Casino for a toy store retailer's conference. (It was AWESOME!) I told everyone "I'll deal with IT when I get back." Everything, yes, I'd...
I just finished reading two really good Young Adult novels. This is my favorite type of book - much better than adult stories. TUNNELS by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams is about an ancient civilization deep within the earth and a boy who loves to dig. Strange concept, but it is a wonderful creepy, adventure...
