Posts by boobear

There's some great advice here. I have a 13 yr old DSD (almost 14), generally a good kid, very bright. I'd recommend a good family therapist for a few sessions if it's possible. You never know what will help, here's some things that...

We like to take a "flashlight walk" but my youngest is almost 4, and she gets a little scared of the dark. We've often enjoyed going to one of the large bookstores for coffee and browsing. The kid sections can be fun (some...

Here's two more: Willow Tree Toys: http://www.willowtreetoys.com/ Chinaberry: http://www.chinaberry.com/index.cfm?tid=407051601

What a riot! More power to this lady of 6

Our K class mom collected $5 for each teacher (18 kids) and bought a gift card to a local merchant. I then sent my dd in with a box of chocolate for her two teachers. I also gave a tin of choc covered nuts to the bus drivers, nice...

oliversmum2000, Jamie Oliver is great (I'm a fan), uses simple ingredients that pack lots of flavor Deirdre, when I lived in NoCA I read lots about Alice Waters and the local schools and hoped that one day when I had kids they might...

Start a tradition with her and take her out somewhere. Lunch, early dinner, movie or a local play. Other ideas, depending on your lifestyle, hikes, ice skating, help you do volunteer work (senior home, animal shelter). You could...

I made sure mine ate well all day today before trick or treating. Tonight they ate 5 or 8 pieces each and then went to bed. Between their candy and what we have left in our halloween dish, I'll be sending about half of it to our...

With all the kids in our neighborhood I thought we'd get a bunch more but, sadly, they all to into town for candy. It's the "thing" around here, the main part of town (shops and homes) decorate and hand out candy. But I've...

Give this a shot (I've been to this site a few times over the years, it's got some good ideas): http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/70dollarmenu.htm I'm not a fan of red meat so I went through and replaced it with fish or white meat....