Archive for April, 2014
Common Core Versus Common Sense by Sharon O’Donnell
April 19th, 2014
As the mom of three sons -- one a college graduate and headed for grad school at the University of Virginia, one at sophomore at North Carolina State, and one a 7th grader -- I have been around the block a few times when it comes to our educational system. ...
Posted in Blog | Comments Off on Common Core Versus Common Sense by Sharon O’Donnell
Cool Kid Stuff and More by Robin Gorman Newman
April 18th, 2014
If your child is anything like my son who adores anything police, fire or emergency vehicle related, then this book is up his or her alley.
Police cars are a unique breed, and their restoration can be much more difficult than other marques. Find out how to tackle this project the ...
Posted in Blog | Comments Off on Cool Kid Stuff and More by Robin Gorman Newman
The Good ‘Ole Fitness Times: By Vicky Dal Molin
April 17th, 2014
I’m late this week with my post. I’m never late on deadlines. It’s Thursday and I’ve literally had to stop everything I’m doing to write my post. If you know me I rarely ever missed meeting a commitment I’ve made. As I’m driving to work this morning I listed out ...
Posted in Blog | Comments Off on The Good ‘Ole Fitness Times: By Vicky Dal Molin
GUEST BLOG POST & BOOK GIVEAWAY: Travel: The Best Education…for Moms by Jennifer Coburn, author, We’ll Always Have Paris
April 13th, 2014
[caption id="attachment_17751" align="alignleft" width="200"] Photo credit: Katie O'Nell[/caption]
I thought I would take my daughter Katie overseas and teach her about the world. Instead, over the course of a decade, visiting 12 European cities, she taught me about life.
On our second day in Paris, then-eight-year-old Katie and I ...
Posted in Blog, Travel & Attractions | Comments Off on GUEST BLOG POST & BOOK GIVEAWAY: Travel: The Best Education…for Moms by Jennifer Coburn, author, We’ll Always Have Paris
MOMS NIGHT OUT: Bullets Over Broadway: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
April 11th, 2014
Featuring existing music from the 1920s, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY includes a new adapted book by Woody Allen. The new musical comedy tells the story of an aspiring young playwright who is forced to cast a mobster’s no-talent girlfriend in his new show in order to get it produced. The 1994 ...
Posted in Blog, Theatre | Comments Off on MOMS NIGHT OUT: Bullets Over Broadway: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
Spring in Central Pennsylvania By: Lori Loesch
April 10th, 2014
Spring has finally arrived in my part of Pennsylvania. I live in the middle of the state. Winter was long, dark and cold this year. It seemed never to end. Today I can say that I have it on good authority that spring is here! The birds tell me as ...
Posted in Blog | Comments Off on Spring in Central Pennsylvania By: Lori Loesch
MOMS NIGHT OUT: THE REALISTIC JONESES: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
April 9th, 2014
Academy Award nominee Toni Collette (Muriel’s Wedding, Hostages), Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under), Tony Award winner Tracy Letts (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Homeland) and Academy Award Winner Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny, The Wrestler) star in THE REALISTIC JONESES, the new play about love ...
Posted in Blog | Comments Off on MOMS NIGHT OUT: THE REALISTIC JONESES: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
To GPS Track or Not To Track: That is the Question – By Vicky Dal Molin
April 8th, 2014
So I was looking at my usual blog posts today and one came up that has sparked many a debate. It was advertising this wizz bang new watch or children that allows you to GPS track them from your smart phone etc. It’s a cellular-connected GPS tracking device basically. You ...
Posted in Blog | Comments Off on To GPS Track or Not To Track: That is the Question – By Vicky Dal Molin
From Rainbow Loom to Minecraft to ROBLOX by Conlee Ricketts
April 7th, 2014
It was the end of September when I began blogging every Monday for Motherhood Later. This is now my final Monday for awhile. My fairy tale life as stay-at-home-mom/entrepreneur has to take its turn on the back burner for awhile. I’m fairly sad.
I started a new job three weeks ago ...
Posted in Blog | Comments Off on From Rainbow Loom to Minecraft to ROBLOX by Conlee Ricketts
“Bello Mania” is a Belly Laugh: Show Review by Margaret Hart
April 6th, 2014
On Friday night, I saw a fantastic live show at The New Victory Theater, a jewel among the smaller, more intimate theaters, located in the heart of Broadway and Times Square in New York City. “Bello Mania,” is a high-flying, hysterically funny, circus-acrobatics, show starring Bello Nock, a comic daredevil ...
Posted in Blog | Comments Off on “Bello Mania” is a Belly Laugh: Show Review by Margaret Hart