After I had A.P. on Labor Day Weekend of 2003, I SWORE I would have my next baby in the winter. Suffering through the hottest part of summer while the most pregnant was just plain stupid. A lot of good that swearing did, because Maybelle was born on Labor Day Weekend of 2005. Needless to [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 29, 2008
Sylvia Rimm
The Great Start Parent Coalition is sponsoring a fantastic speaker next month. It’s a free event, but you do need tickets. Dr. Sylvia Rimm will present, “Motivating Yourself and Your Children For Achievement” on September 18 from 6:30-9:00PM at Meijer Gardens.
Dr. Rimm is a psychologist and professor and dynamic speaker who publishes internationally on family and school approaches to guiding [...]
August 20, 2008
Life Is What Happens
“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.”
Last week I decided to review my summer. Then I got dizzy, and sat down. I looked at some of the ’summer’ things we hadn’t done yet, and scheduled them on the calendar. This weekend was going to be a fun, exciting, and eventful weekend. [...]
August 15, 2008
For Future Olympic Athletes
In the next few weeks, Grand Rapids offers kids some fun activities to participate in. First, the Grand Rapids Marathon has a kids component. Of course they don’t run (or walk) the entire 26.2 miles that day, but using a log book that you can pick up at KDL and GRPL libraries or download and print from [...]
