The end of the school year is fast approaching, and along with all the planning for activities, camps, family vacation, childcare or just coping with your kids full-time for two months, now you have to get a gift (or maybe two or three or four or - gulp - more...depending on your past fertility) … [Read more...]
What Valentine’s Day Means to Me (Now)
There was a time, in my teens and twenties, that Valentine's Day, for me, meant spending the day in a self-indulgent haze of yearning and loss, self-deprecation and bewilderment. I was a smart, attractive and strong young woman, but I found myself perpetually wandering the streets of my youth alone. … [Read more...]
The Cardturner
It seemed like a tough premise, at best, to write a book about bridge for teens. I mean, bridge? The Cardturnerby Louis SacharDoubledayISBN:Audience: 12 years and upI should by now just trust Louis Sachar. The man did, after all, manage to write a sort of fairy-tale like story about family … [Read more...]
CLOSED: Write to the Future Giveaway: Congratulations: Laura, Kathryn, jenyasha, Ircig, hipmom, akskathy, lisha, skwd, StaceyS, reese210
Write to your future self! Hallmark has just re-introduced its popular "Write to the Future" program whereby consumers can write and send a personal message to themselves or to someone special, 10 years into the future.Our friends at hallmark are giving 10 lucky UrbanMoms members their own … [Read more...]
Fun with Dice & Cards
Looking for ways to keep your kids engaged on rainy days or long car rides and fight off "summer learning loss?" (39 separate studies have shown student can loose up to 2.6 months of learning over the summer.) It's easy! All you need is a deck of cards, some dice, and a little imagination. Here are … [Read more...]