Tag Archives: 104 days of summer vacation

Olympic Pressure, Perhaps?

My son has never been a strong swimmer. In fact, while his two sisters tended to have fish-like tendencies (it’s possible that one of them, if not two, has hidden gills). It never bothered me much, his complete and total lack of interest in swimming. He takes lessons; he has…

We Like to Hula. Judge If You Like.

I have been unplugging quite an awful lot on weekends. It’s good for the kids, it’s good for our family, it’s good for me. We are filling our summer with so much. I was going to actually, you know, finish that sentence there, but the so much pretty accurately sums it…

His Name is Joe and He Works in a Button Factory

The wonderful thing about having my two younger kids in city day camp—I mean, other than the fact that they are occupied between the hours of 9 and 4 every single day—is that they are switching up their camps every two weeks, making brand-new friends, and unexpectedly reuniting with old…