The ALL ABOUT SPELLING Game

I feel brilliant! I have managed to convince my kids that our new spelling program is actually a game! And we had a blast with our first challenges tonight.

Making ALL ABOUT SPELLING into a game is requiring me to “go off script” from the program, but it is so worth it. I want to write it down so I can repeat this with my toddler in a few years and share it with you.

Open Letter to my Fellow Travelers

To the woman at LAX (LA Airport) who had the time to give me the evil eye–multiple times–while I was trying to catch my wayward two year old, manage my 5 and 7 year old children, our carry on luggage and the stroller, I’m going to publicly chastise you, as you did me.

I hope that this letter does not find you in the midst of a crisis, surrounded by strangers, responsible for keeping three children alive, un-kidnapped, and delivered to their next flight on time. I do not want to exacerbate your struggles, endanger your children by distracting you or add to your stress by shaming you when you are clearly, already struggling.
That doesn’t help anyone.

You think you care about the safety of my child, and you believe that gives you liberty to judge me. But if you truly care about my children