November. School is fully back in session, and routine has returned. There's homework, soccer games, hockey practice, piano scales, and that shoebox diorama on inventions.

Which explains why I hear so many people saying, "I miss summer." Or, "I'm ready for school to be out already." Or even, "I miss...

They say you can find anything on the internet. Well, do you know how difficult it is to find a photo of the back of a school bus to use for a blog post? There are hundreds of images of school buses from the front or the side, or the...

While other girls taped up pictures of Duran Duran, Rob Lowe, Eddie Van Halen, and Matt Dillon, in my high school locker, I hung pictures of Steve Jobs. And my friends (yes, I had some, despite the previous sentence) let me. The fact that I also hung pictures of Wayne...

Obviously last Sunday was Mothers' Day. Or, as a friend of mine calls it, Mother-In-Law Day. Certainly, you'd think that as a daughter, a daughter-in-law, a mother to three children, and a bona-fide blah-ger I'd have lots to say on the subject. Let's just call it a Sunday and move...

For anyone who's spent more than 60 seconds with me and knows the logistical paralysis I can suffer at the hands of youth sports, this will surprise you.

I love Little League. The season's opening games happened in our town this month, and I couldn't be happier. Mind you, I...

I realize for many, the question is usually, "What is the right age to give your child a cell phone?"

Well, in my house, that question had been easy. With the confidence of an all-knowing parent who'd never had a preteen much less a teen, I adamantly stated my case...

It was spring vacation and it happened. One of every mothers worst travel nightmares. No, there was no lurker in the airport bathroom and we survived a week of skiing with all of our bones intact. Even all of our bags and skis made it home.

But we are short...

The email chain started a few months ago. So many friends from my college circle lived in or around New York City that it seemed a good idea to plan a dinner. You know, get the band back together. Nothing formal. No need to wait for the university to plan...

Just last week I took my firstborn to the pediatrician for his first appointment as an official teenager. What better opportunity to make a study of the species and prepare myself for the years to come?

The American teenager officially came into existence in the 1940s. Obviously, kids have matured...

When you start writing a blog about thoughtful parenting and decide to call it "Playgroup With Sylvia Plath" you've got some explaining to do. Indeed, aligning yourself with a woman who committed suicide by putting her head in her own oven while her children napped in the next room is...