How to Keep Kids Entertained at Home: Is Boredom Dead?
Summer is so great! Freedom! Translation: kids in the house trying to find something to fill the time, and filing their complaints with me. Is boredom dead? I remember long stretches of hot summer days growing up in Texas. Just us and our own ingenuity after being told “go find something to do” meaning…Continue reading
Summer: There’s an App for That (Kids and Moms!)
We were only 5 hours into day two of summer when there was no “entertaining themselves” going on anymore, and the kids wore me to a nubbin asking to watch a mid-day movie or play games on my phone. My initial reaction was to tell them no. We are a “get outside and play” kind ofContinue reading
Middle-to-Bottom Chef
By Erin Many years ago, when I was young and bright eyed (and pregnant), I took a cooking class. I had plenty of time and believed that making delicious and healthful meals for my family was both an enjoyable and noble pursuit. Here I am, 10 years and 2 kids later, with a meal rotation …Continue reading
Halloween is Over But Here’s Something Really Scary
by Erin www.skinnyscoop.com You have a major leak in your home. While this might immediately conjure up images of your ceiling caving in, you can put that aside because this leak does not involve water. The leak is the flow of information out of your home and into the hands of teachers and friends …Continue reading
LIVE FREE OR DIE
www.skinnyscoop.com The good people of New Hampshire don’t mince words, words that elicit solidarity and have a clarity of purpose. Maybe that is why, as we prepared to watch the US World Cup match last weekend, I started to cry as soon as “oh say can you see” started playing. With the 4th of July …Continue reading
Erin’s Notes on San Francisco with Kids
Hi all! Here’s my summary of things to do in San Francisco with young kids. This is a compilation of personal experience, advice of friends and some reading through guidebooks. Thanks to all of my friends who added to this sheet! Please feel free to add more comments below! Erin (www.theskinnyscoop.com) MUSEUMS Definitely check out …Continue reading
Erin’s Notes on Disneyland
Erin’s Notes about going to Disneyland. January 2009. (www.theskinnyscoop.com) Hi ladies. Yes, you guys know I like to research stuff. And so many of you keep asking for my notes, so here’s a quick summary. I read a book (below) and from that, I made a little spreadsheet of rides that you might find helpful …Continue reading