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...
Mom’s Council Topic: Talking to your kids about drunk driving
Here are the comments from the Herndon Patch Mom’s Council this week: http://ht.ly/4rqIs Hard to believe that the editor made it out relatively unscathed. Talk about life flashing before your eyes. ...
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...