I’ve been sharing the adventure of our trip to Hawaii with our kids in October. To catch up, please check out the stories of the flight, the arrival and the volcanic eruption. When we last left our heroes, they were recovering from their first full day on the island. The morning of the third day […]
Daily Ramblings
We went to Maui for five days last week and had such an adventure I’m sharing it in pieces. To catch up, you can start here with the mother of all plane rides, followed by my experience with Satan’s car rental agency. Enjoy! When we last left our heroes they were soaking in the hotel […]
I took the family to Maui for five days in conjunction with a meeting I needed to attend. It was a massive adventure I’m sharing in parts. If you missed the plane ride from hell, you can check it out here. When we last left our heroes, they’d finally gotten their luggage and were looking […]
Shout started a great new Go Play Initiative educating parents and childcare providers on the importance and value of play in developing happy, healthy kids. Right up my alley! And they gave me a great tool to get creative with outside play this fall. We put it to work yesterday. Please check it out my […]
We finally took the kids on a plane together. And took a “vacation.” This week I learned firsthand that we cannot under any circumstances use the word “vacation” the way we used to now that we have children. Because, for mommy and daddy, it was everything but a vacation. Here’s the skinny. I had a […]
What do you get the kid who has way too much crap already? That was the conundrum facing the Heligirl household last month when Sweetness snuck up on the big 0-3. We don’t live in a huge house because we live close to the city. So our little 3-bedroom ranch (with no family room), is […]
I recently got this very exciting e-mail from Gayle, a Heligirl reader with a tween daughter. I was so thrilled by Gayle’s discovery and how incredibly positive her experience was that I asked her if I could share it here. In a nutshell, Gayle put natural consequences to work and instilled a sense of responsibility […]
Shortly before Sweetness was born, we joined a group called Program for Early Parent Support (PEPS) at the recommendation of my close high school friend. This amazing group matches up couples with children born around the same time into groups of 10-12 couples, typically. We’d meet with a facilitator (a volunteer who went through the […]
