The Original Drama Mama

Recently, Miss A had a chance to visit a local radio station and hang out with the disc jockeys for a bit. Our homeschool group was invited to come to the station and get a little on-air time, answering questions about what it is like to be a homeschool kid, and since it was right [...]

There are a lot of assumptions made about homeschoolers, and I believe one of them creates the image of a housebound kid who sits around all day and never gets any physical activity – after all, there is no gymnasium and no crabby p.e. teacher wearing bad shorts. (Well, I’m crabby sometimes, but I don’t [...]

Balloons are a subject of much angst and argument and anxiety in our house. Whenever Miss A gets one, the husband gets all cranky and ranty and wants the balloon to remain at whatever location it came from…as in – not our house. His disproportionately angry reaction to balloons is a direct result of Miss [...]

Ever since Miss A first saw this episode of Charlie and Lola, she has been fascinated with the idea of losing her tooth.  After waiting over a year, her turn had finally come! A week or so ago her tooth started to wobble…which was a good thing since she has what some refer to as [...]

So, we’ve been home from the Magic Kingdom for more than a week, and I have yet to begin logging blog time on all things Disney. There was laundry to do…lots and lots of laundry.  This was our first vacation since kids, and there are all sorts of things I want talk about: from simple [...]

Today was our homeschool group’s  Geography Day. Basically, each child/family picks a location somewhere on the earth and puts together a visual and/or oral presentation on it. Lots of interesting places were represented, from Iceland to Okinawa.  Many of the displays included traditional food there were pierogies (btw, did you know how many different ways [...]

This morning, we had a delightful little field trip to see “Max & Ruby” live onstage. (If you don’t know who Max&Ruby are, you are missing out on some of the cutest books ever! We love Rosemary Wells around here…well except for her book about Felix and the Worrier, but we’ll talk about that some [...]

Guess what movie Miss A saw recently?

Don’t leave your baby to play alone for a few minutes in their room while you prepare their bath.
Even if the room is “babyproof.”
Even if all breakables, small objects/choking hazards/ and possible toxins are out of reach.
Even if you are just  a few feet away in the adjoining bathroom.
Even if it’s just for the 30 [...]

On several occasions recently, my 5 year old has fallen prey to advertisements; leading me (and my wallet) to purchase various items that, while she enjoys very much, have caused her to make the shocking realization we all must face one day: what they say on t.v. isn’t always true.
Take for example the line of [...]