In 2002 , the makers of Wonder Bread claimed it was a good source of calcium and, therefore, helped children's minds work better and retain information longer.

If you want to know how well your product is received by mini-consumers, ask a Mom or Dad! As it happened to me,in the cereal aisle, during a rather large grocery run:

"Wow, that's a lot of bread!"

I turned my attentions away from the fruit roll ups and I'm sure the young woman caught… Read More

Groaning, a lot of shifting in the sheets and I swear I saw little floating lights before my eyes, first thing this morning. Unfortunately, it was not the visual after-effect of a passionate infused moment (something my husband strives for, quite frankly) and the day had not even started, yet!

Very simply and plainly put; I was done.

My mommy senses were tingling and it was one of those mornings where I felt the day would never end. … Read More

Ah, Spring - the days are getting warmer, the sun is shining longer and the air is filled with the sweet smell of damp earth - it's a wonderful time of year...to dig for worms!

"Here's one...and another one...WHOA!...look at the size of this one!"

My 8 year-old son jammmed the creepy crawly into my 5 year-old daughter's face - yes, she screamed very loudly - bringing to light the fact that boys are indeed, different.

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Sing, sweet nightingale - sing, sweet nightingale - high above. Oh, sing sweet nightingale, sing, sing, etc. etc.

The words keep drifting in and out of my head. They may not sound familiar at first; although it would be safe to say that many of us have heard it many

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Perhaps some folks would (or would not) be surprised to learn that time is NOT always on my side - no, it isn't! - and no matter what I'm doing, wherever it may be, odds are pretty good I'm searching for the nearest clock to confirm the time.

Why?

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My 5-year-old is beginning to understand the days of the week and - though I wish she'd pay as much attention to tying her shoes, properly - some people may be surprised to learn that she's only in kindergarten and already knows how to identify and spell the very difficult combination of consonants and silent letters in Wednesday.

Because she learned it from her

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