South_agency/Getty Images Have you ever declared "cleaning time!" only to watch your kids vanish, leaving you at war with stray blocks, crayons, and plastic dinosaurs? Every Sunday, I rally my troops (ages 4 and 8) to put their toys away. My optimism lasts about two seconds — until I realize I’m the only one actually...
All The Healthy Things I don’t know about you, but every time we go to Costco or in person to a grocery store, we grab a rotisserie chicken from the deli section. If you’re trying to eat more high-protein meals throughout the week, having a rotisserie chicken or some lightly seasoned cooked chicken breasts on...
It’s Girl Scout cookie time, which means my daughter is attempting to sell 6,000 cookies. She set this goal after spotting an iPad and a trip to Washington, D.C., in the prize catalog. I gently tried to explain to her that we do not have space in our house for 6,000 cookies, and probably no...
The focus on reading in the ‘90s was huge for our generation. From Accelerated Reader programs to personal pan pizzas from the Book It! Pizza Hut club, any kid with a book in their hand was basically the best kid ever. Which means we got away with reading a lot of nonsense. I wasn’t allowed...