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Flying Solo

My baby is gone. She learned how to ride a two-wheeler and took off. It’s a mother’s worst nightmare. Your child is ready to spread her wings, but you just want to smother those growing appendages in a bear hug and hold on for dear life. This summer, my little fledgling was itching to take flight and she used her beloved bike to soar… far away from home. Too far. Way too far. What started out as a request to ride solo to the end of our cul-de-sac morphed into a journey stretching several blocks into an unfamiliar neighborhood filled … Continue reading →

High-Flying Fun

If you are looking for an easy and affordable way to keep your kids busy this summer, grab a kite and head outdoors.  Kite-flying is a breeze when you’ve got the entire family working together to bring your colorful flying machine to life.  Getting a kite to take flight also lends itself to a slew of educational opportunities.  Kids can get hands-on lessons in math, science, history and geography all while having fun.  What’s more, there’s something to be said about the sense of pride a child feels when she gets a kite to dance across the summer sky. Fortunately, … Continue reading →

Easy Halloween Costumes

It’s almost Halloween, are you ready? When Hailey was smaller we planned Halloween costumes in advance. After I got divorced it was more flying by the seat of our pants and seeing what we could put together with what we had. So this post is about fun, easy and inexpensive Halloween costumes you can make with things you may already have at home. An angel= this is so cute for the little girls. All you need is a white sheet and some kind of belt or cord. Fold the sheet in half, cut out a hole for their head and … Continue reading →

Autism Explores Program Helps Autistic Kids Cope With Flying

Traveling by airplane with children can be a difficult and frustrating endeavor. Children often do not comprehend why the need to sit still for so long, and may not understand how much longer it will be until the flight ends. The whole process involved with traveling by airplane can be especially difficult for children who are on the autism spectrum. There is a program called “Autism Explores” that is designed to help children who are autistic to cope with being on an airplane. There are some things that every parent can bring with on a flight to make things go … Continue reading →

Flying with a Disability

Getting on an airplane equals anxiety for a lot of us. Taking kids with us only adds to the stress. However, flying with a child who has a disability can be a huge challenge. Many children with disabilities such as cerebral palsy don’t have the trunk support to hold themselves upright. The CARES harness (Child Aviation Restraint System) was designed to alleviate this problem. However, it is only approved for children who weight 22-44 pounds. For children and adults over 44 pounds this has meant using other means of transportation. Sometimes, however, flying is the only option and just because … Continue reading →

Staying at Home with the Kids and Working as a Transcriptionist, Part Three

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. Missed part two? Check it out here! Otherwise, read on to find out some ideas on how to deal with children underfoot while working: Close the door and put a sign up, “Mother Working, Disturb ONLY if Blood is Involved.” This requires your children to be old enough to basically police themselves–you would obviously not want to do this with a toddler. Mothers have done this, … Continue reading →

Teaching Learning Disabled Kids To Read

Trying to teach a learning disabled child to read can be a frustrating experience. When our oldest came to us, he was a poor student. His report card read D’s and F’s across the board. He detested reading and refused to even try to enjoy anything involving the printed word. A big part of Randy’s aversion was his discomfort in doing it. He felt inferior because he had poor reading skills. He didn’t have a good foundation to build on; no one read to him as a child and he was never encouraged to read. He was never taken on … Continue reading →

Flying With Kids Made Easy

There are some ideas that make you question their validity when suggested to you. As a matter of fact, I would not doubt if some readers of the travel blog question my credibility. That’s understandable. But what if I shared with you the best travel tips for parents flying with children written by a flight attendant? Not only that, she has a toddler of her own that she flies with frequently. Can’t find a better source than that! The flight attendant, whose name is Sharon, shares nine suggestions on how flying with kids can be made easier for the parents … Continue reading →

No Need to Fear

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When I go through my day each day, I don’t feel a lot of fear. I am afraid to say that I don’t often think about the tragedy and sorrow that is going on in the world around me. Some days, I don’t even think a lot about what other people are doing that might be morally incorrupt. After all, I am a Mom to 3 small children. My days are full of the bare necessities. Cleaning, cooking, bathing, feeding, breaking up fights, and teaching my children…well, everything children need to be taught. But, some days, I stop and take … Continue reading →

To Grandmother’s House We Go

Will you be hosting Thanksgiving dinner at your house this year? If not, then you will be among the millions of Americans who will be traveling this week in order to eat Thanksgiving dinner at Grandmother’s house, (or the house of another relative). How we travel, and the cost of a typical Thanksgiving dinner, has changed over the years. When I was a little kid, there wasn’t a specific Thanksgiving dinner tradition. If my mother decided to cook Thanksgiving dinner, than we would have it at home. My grandmother, (my father’s mother), lived with us, which made it easy to … Continue reading →