As I get ready to write this entry, I am considering changing the name of the blog to, "Dinner is the Worst Time of Day". After years of fighting with my family over dinner, I decided that 4pm is the best time to feed the kids and my husband is in reheat hell. It "works". I have less, "Mom, I am hungry. I am going to starve to death!" I have tried big snacks at 2:30, little snacks at 3:30 and nothing seems to hold them off until my husband is done work, (anytime between 5 and 6pm. Yesterday, My 7 year old was not quite ready to eat at 4pm so I let it slide. I let a lot of things slide. My 4 year old and I were eating when she said, "Where is Spencer?" So I said, "He is outside on the trampoline." Man, do I wish I had a delete button on my mouth or at least a 3 second delay. That girl of mine was out the door so quick I didn't know what hit me. "Finish your vegetables before you go." I yelled in vain. As I...
Book reviews, (mostly YA) combined with the life musings of an empty nester.