The Boys

Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo

Woo woo woo woo woo. That’s the best I could do. Couldn’t figure out how else to convey the sound of a siren. We’ve all heard that noise before. And dependent upon where you might be, or what you might be doing your reaction could be quite different. It...

Eating out with Kids

Here’s this week’s Mom’s Council Topic on Herndon Patch: http://herndon.patch.com/articles/moms-talk-qa-taking-children-to-restaurants Although I love to cook, I also like to get my little heinie waited on as well.  As a result, we are frequent patrons in restaurants, and have been dragging our kids out to eat since birth. My husband...

The Cycle of Noise

It’s funny.  I am the youngest of a brood of four kids.  Born and bred city person.  Complete with row home and city noises in a house without central A/C.  Growing up on this kind of environment kind of indoctrinates you to the cacophony of background noise. For as long...

Out of the mouths of babes

Not sure what brought today’s little number to my mind.  My oldest son has just joined Boy Scouts, and I was going through the Safety Protection training.  It prompted me to ask a few questions about what inappropriate touching means and who he feels comfortable talking to.  I could...