Last week, I received a much-needed bit of parenting advice from an unlikely source: my personal trainer (who has no children of his own). ...

After writing about the abundance of boy-related vanity plates  around town  (see my previous  blog entry  on "5BOYS"), I thoug...

I n a house overrun by boys , I often find myself snickering at behavior that is inexplicable and bizarre to my female brain.  It's tem...

There must be a lot of families with boys around here, because I keep driving by minivans with vanity plates that read "TWO...

My idea of a good punchline is a zinger delivered by a certain Dowager Countess.   But alas, "Downton Abbey" wraps up its season ...

A few weeks ago, my husband asked me to stop writing about our boys' fascination with potty humor.   "People will get the i...

By the time I post this, my annual Christmas photo cards will be in the mail.  In the spirit of keeping it real for the five people who rea...