I've mentioned before how wonderfully unique my daughter is. She is incredibly busy. There's always a story running in her mind,...

The Abba Sababa posted about what happens when one kid gets sick and the other ones have to go about their regular routine . This morning,...

When I was a little girl I actually believed that my father WAS Paul Simon and Billy Joel. After all, didn't he write those songs tha...

Yael: Mom, let's play a game. Me: Okay, what are we going to play? Yael: You be the mom and I'll be the kid. Me: I think I can ha...

...you gotta run through the puddles! There's something magical about a rainstorm after a long stretch of hot, sunny days. There's...

This morning, we were getting dressed, the baby was crawling around, I was sitting on the floor in the upstairs hallway helping to turn shir...

39 weeks and a little of my office This was the status I posted on Facebook yesterday: And many people responded to me with various ...

Sam is, in so many ways, a quintessential middle child. On the other hand, he and Yael often act like twins, since they have no memory of li...

Why yes, that is the sound of   my heart filling up with love and delight.... Time: Early morning but not too early....just right Me: Yae...

Today we received 3 letters from David at camp . Yep, three. (The third was relatively incomprehensible, I think it might be a continuation...

So...we dropped off our oldest kid at camp on Monday. (This is not a post about the importance of Jewish summer camp - this is purely an I...

I really want to write a post about packing up my oldest kid for his first foray into overnight summer camp. Alone. Without me there. But ...

Many many of my friends and their families have a hard time with Pesach. I know, it seems like a tricky holiday. After all, there are so man...

Here's my oldest child, counting all the coins in the "donate" section of his piggy bank to give to those in need in Haiti. It...

So, my husband and I were having a fight discussion intense debate heated conversation the other day. I was in the driver's seat, get...

I am published in this month's special "Family" issue of Real Simple Magazine . I answered the question... "Moms: What...

Today was a hard day. Not for my oldest. He was pretty excited to start school. First grade, it's "all that." He's really ...

Did you know that you can skateboard on grass? And on your belly? That is, if you're 6 and 2 years old. This was one of those parenting ...

Wow. I am totally in love with this lecture, The Gifts of Imperfect Parenting by Brené Brown that I've been listening to. I was lucky...

Obviously, our children want to be like us. They want to do what we do and have what we have. I know that my children (all of them!) think m...