Tag Archives: 104 days of summer vacation

Clevelands House: A New Room Number—A New Gaggle Of Memories

Last year, after spending four days at Kellerman’s Clevelands House in Muskoka, my children talked about it for days, weeks, months after. No joke. Over dinner one evening, I asked my kids if they would visit anywhere on earth, where would they chose. Emily said, “London, obviously. With some poking…

Beyond Debarge and Socks and Sandals

Before leaving for our family getaway to Clevelands House in Muskoka I made exactly one emergency stop: the book store. I bought four books: The Book of Mormon Girl, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A Discovery of Witches and my August book club book, The Art of Fielding. I…

Tanner and I are Basically Twins

Emily is back from camp. Her bags are unpacked, her feet are clean—finally. She is already missing camp. My life is essentially like that episode of Full House when DJ and Stephanie come home from Camp Lakota with inside jokes and stories and weird songs and they only wanted to…