(Editor’s note: please welcome Elise with a very creative guest post today. Thanks Elise!) Remember that a man’s name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in the English language. – Dale Carnegie The names we are given can be life defining. We may love or hate our names; they may come with [...]

With today’s tough economy, a lot of parents are finding that they have to pare back the expenses. Since vacations are considered a luxury (and are expensive!), they are among the first to be put off until later. But family time together is important time. Getting out of the house and off of Facebook, Twitter [...]

The younger boys have been enjoying their birthday gifts of Etch-a-Sketch. It quickly turned into a pretty fun (and easy) art project last week. Read all about it in my weekly post at GNMParents titled Graph Paper Pictures. Here’s an excerpt: Captain Earthquake brought his over to show me an abstraction that he’d made where [...]

We’re in the middle of a winter storm warning here at Earnest Parenting. I think I’ll take the opportunity to have a snow day (right after I work with the older boys on the research papers they’ve been avoiding for too long). There are enough cameras lying around this house that I think we can [...]

Last year at this time the boys and I went skiing for the very first time ever in our whole lives. Our neighbors’ private school was having a field trip and invited us to join. It was a fantastic trip! The only downside was the 12 months of begging to go again. Skiing is extremely [...]

With the weather so cold lately, I’ve been trying to find activities that keep boys busy and not bored while we’re staying inside more. So! We decided to try and make treats for birds. You can see our first attempt at treats over at GNMParents, in my weekly post. That worked well, but we needed [...]