Three of my children (ages 9, 6 and 4) received a DS for Christmas. They have been a HUGE hit, but I'm trying to figure out some reasonable rules. So far, the only r...
My sister in law lives in another state. She has contacted us about visiting our family. We have 2 boys age 8 and 4. She has a new boyfriend of 3 months. She want...
Ok, here is another in-law question for all you mommies out there. My husband's extended family gets together about once every two months to celebrate birthdays. Th...
Hi all! This summer we're taking our first big camping trip with the kids to Acadia National park in Maine. We're going in August. The girls will be 5 and 6 and the b...
Ok, maybe I just need therapy, but I'm wondering if any other moms out there get **really** annoyed when they fix a nice dinner for their family, call everyone to din...
Our oldest daughter has wanted a dog since she was able to talk. For a long time we told her that we would get one when she was 9 or 10. We wanted our youngest to b...
My eldest son no longer wants to attend mass with the family. We swtiched to the Sunday night "teen mass" (jazzier music, relaxed dress code) in hopes of enticing him...
I have managed to get my husbands mom and sisters to dislike me.
A little history first...... We have been having a lot going on in our lives and busy with work a...
Our family lives on the other side of the country. We've planned a 10 day trip to the area where all of them lives. (FYI--Each set of Grands usually comes to our hou...
I am wondering if anyone can suggests some family friendly restaurants in the Portland area that are not chains (Please don't say Chuky Cheese)My husband and I love t...
