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by Ambertolina

Recently, at the recommendation of our dentist, it became necessary to take the daughter to the orthodontist. This did not surprise me, since the child is virtually my clone and I had to have extensive orthodontia work done. What did surprise me is how orthodontia has come along in the last twenty years.
It looks [...]

Somehow or another, my husband and I have produced this high-maintenance, picky, precocious, drama queen of a child. She is 7 years old. Though she’s a good reader, she far more enjoys writing her own books than reading other peoples’ material, thank-you-very-much.

She and her father also enjoy playing this online game called Wizard 101, which [...]

by Ambertolina
This is a plea aimed at Hollywood. And I guess just parents in general.
When my husband and I had a kid and she turned four or so, it was a great excuse to purchase my most favorite musical of all time, Mary Poppins. The next logical movie to purchase after Mary Poppins was Chitty [...]

by Ambertolina

I know this entry is a little late, but then I’m always a little late for everything. As I sat with my family in the dark out on our deck at our suburban home watching fireworks pop and sparkle all over town this past July Fourth, while finishing my second very large glass of [...]

by Ambertolina

What the hell is the matter with me and Jason? We’re always writing about food. I guess we’re Americans.

My mother is a fantastic cook. And when I say “fantastic cook” I don’t mean that she can coat some chicken parts in shake ‘n’ bake, open a can of green beans, microwave a couple of [...]

by Ambertolina
If you’re the average American with children, your kids, like my kid, likely dominate an unfortunate portion of the daytime television viewing in your household. Having now been exposed, for better or worse, to an excessive amount of children’s programming, I’ve formed some definite opinions regarding the shows I’d prefer my child watch while [...]

by Jason Edwards

Take a look at this picture and tell me it’s not the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen. It is bacon, and I feel sorry for those of you reading this in a text-only format, for like the Maxim list of the 100 hottest women in the world, just knowing is not enough—you [...]

by Ambertolina
My daughter’s Daisy Troop took a field trip to our local police station the other day. Daisies, if you don’t know, are the recently added Girl Scouts that come even before Brownies. I guess the Girl Scouts figured there was the whole 5 to 7 year old crowd that they’d missed out on [...]