Few afternoons are as fun as the ones when my kids bring home the Scholastic Books Catalogue from school, its pages colorful and bright, boasting

The first time I had a friend sleep over in high school (after years of not being allowed to have sleepover company), I remember being

“Mommy! Mommy! Can you check if my frog is dead?” my daughter bursts through the front door, ignoring the fact that I am talking to

My kids are tense. They huddle on the floor, in a corner of the family room, trying to focus on a game of Monopoly, but

It’s that time of year again, the time where we are forced to spend hours of our lives at­tending scintillating graduations. Some are more boring

I hope I am not stoned for saying this, but I really like snow days. I have waited to make this confession until spring has

Today, in celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, my daughter swiped pink and purple makeup on her eyelids, wore a pair of too-big fancy shoes, and a

“Check on me!” one of my young children beseeches me on an almost nightly basis, after shema time and the routinely allotted resting period I

I sneaked out one night after putting the kids to bed last week to buy them some new shoes for the spring. I was on

There was a bloodcurdling scream from upstairs, and even though voice was emanating from a bathroom tucked into a bedroom, it was loud and sharp,