Movie Time: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Haunted houses? Only when I’m smack in the middle of a group of family and friends who promise me zero interaction with the scary stuff. Better yet, I’ll just wait outside. Scary movies? Only in broad daylight with all of the curtains wide open. And yet Jill highly recommends watching The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, [...]

The Quarterfront?

I love visual pun costumes! My 7th grade P.E. teacher was also one of the coaches for the school’s football (American football) team. While no girls played football at the time, this coach nevertheless insisted on everyone – boys and girls – learning something of his favorite sport. I remember memorizing a whole bunch of [...]

Mask on, mask off

You probably discovered a while ago that some of your toddlers aren’t huge fans of wearing masks. And you’ve probably discovered that headband-style masks often work much better. And you’ve most likely discovered that if you do make masks, it can take forever to punch holes and tape that tangled yarn in place. By the [...]

That Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal recipe

Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal needs 45-60 minutes to bake, and that’s a tad too long for my typical morning. But on a Sunday morning when I have the Sunday New York Times and a whole pile of Sunday comics to read? Ah, Baked Pumpkin Oatmeal sounds like just the perfect breakfasty food. You have got to [...]

I’m a superhero, a little superhero

Announce that tomorrow is Superhero Day, then send everyone home to find capes, sneakers, leggings, headbands, and all the other whatnot accessories superheroes require. Remind your superheroes that they’ll also need to decide just what exactly they’re the superhero of. Helpful hint: it could start with the same letter as their first initial. You, in [...]