Tag: Reviews

  • Hair, Vampires and Vitamin D: Letting Kids Make Choices

    I want to write today but the sun is shining and it’s April and I live in Oregon. Bear with me. I’ll do what I can. An Oregon Sun Day is sort of like a Snow Day; some people love it, some people hate it. My kids think school should be canceled. And not so…

  • Day 1 of 3 Giveaways for the Heart and Soul

    No one started crying ’til after 8:30 on Christmas morning. Since crying usually starts around 7:10, we called that a Christmas win, baby! By 9:00, an inferno of neon blue Lik-a-Stix Fun Dip raged under the kitchen table. Fortunately, one quick-thinking kiddo knocked over his can of breakfast soda which dripped through the slats of the…

  • The Oregon Garden Resort

    When The Oregon Garden Resort invited our family — all 7 of us — to participate in their Santa’s Workshop event last weekend, I was so excited about their faith in our ability not to break everything or cause trauma to their other guests that I said yes. A night away? Yes. A chance to meet Santa?…

  • Paris: Bike About Tours

    Ah, Paris. We loved the Eiffel Tower at dusk. And the boat tour on the Seine. And the crépes and cafés and croissants. And the art. Of course the art. And, even though it physically pains me to admit it in public like this, we had a fabulous day at Disneyland Paris. But when people…