Sandy's Motherhood Blog: Food, Fun, Fashion

For dinner tonight, my kids had hot dogs and fruit. My son (who weighs just over 50 pounds) ate half a hot dog, maybe half a dozen grapes, ...

I am posting this a day late because, quite honestly, I just didn’t get around to it yesterday. And I may be cheating a bit by pulling out ...

As I’ve been working on this month of Photo-A-Day blogs, I’ve gotten into the habit of reviewing the next subject the night before, usually...

Six years ago this weekend, my now-husband whisked me away to New York City for a weekend of good food, good theater, and good conversation...

I love being able to have dozens, even hundreds, of books at my fingertips in the memories of my Kindle and my Kindle Fire. I was adamant...

(This story actually happened to a person of my acquaintance. Incriminating details have been changed to protect the turkey-traumatized.) ...

My favorite line from Fiddler on the Roof (and there are many – oh, are there many) is when Tevye is introducing his daughters to a guest ...

The most obvious choices for the subject “someone I miss” would be my parents. My dad passed away in 2003 and my mom in 2011, and I still mi...

Parents of small children deal with minor frustrations every day. Frustrations such as finding three left shoes but no rights in the child...

Music is an easy theme for me, since both my family of birth and my family by marriage are full of musicians and music lovers. My mother pl...

A lot of people I know have collections of things. Some friends of mine collect unusual and funny salt and pepper shakers. Several have col...

I have quite a few tables scattered throughout my house. Like most people, I have a kitchen table, a dining room table, and a coffee table,...

Considering that it is only a few days after Halloween, it’s practically a foregone conclusion that the subject of a photographic assignmen...

Today was my son’s 4 th birthday. In keeping with my family’s tradition from my own childhood, I let the birthday boy pick a design for hi...

For the month of November, I will be blogging based on daily photos with their subjects taken from a “Photo a Day” list that a friend poste...

Back when I was a kid, making a jack-o-lantern meant risking cutting off your fingers (or your entire hand) using a giant carving knife ...

As I’m planning my kids’ Halloween costumes, I can't help but snoop through the internet for ideas. And there are some amazing, clever,...