It's done! This morning I booked our tickets to India! We've waffled and waited, trying to decide if we should do it and yesterday I took the plunge and made the reservations--come January we'll...

I've been rereading my favorite books lately--some that I haven't picked up since high school--and enjoying them all over again.

This seems like a rather girly post to put before you--where's my list of favorite Stallone movies or my tribute to grunge rock or a list of best moments in sports history?

When I helped my boys make this little game last week one of the first things Spencer said was, "Mom, isn't pool a betting game?"

Everyone loves breakfast here, it's always a great meal. For about four months I've been avoiding cold cereal--both for the expense and for the lack of nutrition--and I've been quite creative in coming up with alternatives to the ubiquitous bowl of...

This weekend's giveaway is brought to you by a company that is perfect for this season of giving. TOMS Shoes sells shoes but for every pair that they sell they give one away. It started with a visit to Argentina where the founders noticed children...

We've been encouraging the kids to make their own Christmas gifts but it's not always easy to find good projects that people will actually like. Here follows some of my favorite projects from around the web--some good for kids, some better for...

This is, hands-down, the craziest knitting pattern I've ever made and by the time I got done with it I'd unpicked and restitched enough to have made it three times over. But . . . it is finally done and I like it. It's a shrug and you start from the...

I should start this with a disclaimer--I'm not being paid to write this nor was I even contacted by the companies. There! Does that give me good credibility? Because if you're looking for good kid games, these are three that I'd heartily recommend....