Back-to-School Week: Sesame Street Sneakers
by Catherine
Today starts the 39th(!) season of Sesame Street. My son and I spent hours going through video archives on YouTube. Now, he’s eager to wear his new Elmo sneakers. And, I am so happy that he’s not asking for Power Rangers.
Get your juices flowing. (Back-to-School: best getting-ready-for-school books)
Do you remember an orange juice commercial from the late 80′s where a family was getting ready to rush out on their day? Kids for school, parents for work all gathered around the table frantically eating breakfast? I have a vivid memory from the summer before eight grade, that Citrus Hill Select commercial seemed to [...]
Not just pencils, ‘Desk Enhancements’. (Back-to-School: best school supplies)
It seems even the kids in my little group of friends are ready to go back to school. My children are punching each other in the face, not because they’re fighting, but because they’re so bored. My girlfriend’s three daughters spent the other day laying on the floor with their new backpacks on asking if [...]
Or you could just buy lunch at school. (Back-to-School: best lunch boxes)
Yesterday we had our last Summer Tuesday Playgroup with my group of friends and their kids. As I’ve mentioned, I’m ready for school to start and have been ready for school to start for most of the month. Today as we said our goodbyes I told Max to tell his friends to have a good [...]
Back-to-School: the best backpacks
When my mother chose the name Melissa for me in 1973, she thought it was a beautiful name and unlike any of the names she’d heard around the neighborhood. She thought it was ‘unique’. She hadn’t heard of any other babies with my name at least until she arrived at the pediatrician’s office for my [...]
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