I remember exactly where I was when our son Keith and daughter-in-law Nicole called with the glorious news about our first grandchild. It was my first day of school back in August of 2001… teachers’ orientation. We were given an whole hour (!) for lunch and several of us headed to a local restaurant to catch up and enjoy each [...]

Recently, while reading an article discussing “bullying” vs “teasing”… I remembered a teaching moment of mine from many, many years ago. It was in a class of mostly boys. High school boys. Lots of testosterone was flying in that class as those boys were coming of age and figuring out lots and lots of things about themselves and everyone around [...]

I never dreamed in a ba-zillion years that I would have 4 sons, especially not all this close in age. When Henry turns 2 in June… for 6 months I’ll be able to say, “Yes… my sons are 5, 4, 3, and 2.” It’s hilariously crazy to me… and I absolutely love it. There’s just something about boys. I grew [...]

Take a peek at this photograph. Can you see the tranquility of a lovely little New England town, with its church spire, historic hall freshly painted yellow, flags unfurled, playground and field of dreams? If you look more closely, can you see ME? I’m way, way, way at the other side of the field of dreams in front of the [...]

BlissTV- Morning Routines from Blissful Media Group on Vimeo. You know how they say, “You’re a great mom until you have kids?” Yeah… that was me. I’ll never forget being at my girlfriend’s apartment in NYC one morning and seeing her try and (literally) wrangle 2 kids out of bed, to the counter to eat breakfast, get them dressed and [...]

I wrote in my previous post that Flo, my mother-in-law, loved boys.  This is the proverbial understatement. But I always suspected that somewhere in her psyche was lurking the mother of a daughter.  I often teased her about this.  “Come on, Mom, you know you would’ve loved a daughter,” I would say to her.  But if Flo was one thing, [...]

I’ve been staying with Audrey while her husband is out of town for a couple of days. And not since junior high have I been dissected as thoroughly as I’ve been by Audrey’s 4 little guys. Examples: William (4): Why do you wear pajamas with pumpkins on them when it’s not Halloween? Alex (3): Why does your hair stand up [...]

I was just recently asked by my husband where all of his t-shirts have gone. He can’t seem to find any of them… Then I opened my dresser drawers, and there were about 10 of them. Whoops! I just introduced my mother to the boys’ section at Target. The boys’ department has the best t-shirts and workout pants! I have [...]

Ever since I started my series – 365 Days of Fashion Advice for Moms – my personal blog has taken a bit of a back seat. I have become so immersed in finding and sharing fashion tips, that I haven’t been updating on the boys. As any mother knows, kids change so fast… and I started this blog as a [...]

Boys.  And competition.  As basic as the instinct to hunt for food.   So what happened when my husband and I cooked breakfast for Audrey’s little guys this morning? Yep. Competition. “Who has the longest fork” became the brothers’ game du jour… complete with in-your-face comparisons; which led my husband and me to rely on none other than the Georgia [...]