by Kimberlee Morrison | Aug 5, 2011 | The Boy
Last week the boy started football. That’s right, my skinny little skater boy is playing football. He’s wanted to play for some time now, but I’m not big on kids playing football, nor did I have the money to sink into such a huge commitment. The...
by Kimberlee Morrison | Jul 20, 2011 | Parenting
When I was a kid Summer vacation meant long leisure days of fun in the sun. Swimming all day, running around the park in my swim suit, a trip to the water park and Magic Mountain. It was a beautiful time. As an freelance entrepreneur and mother, its a different story....
by Kimberlee Morrison | Jul 14, 2011 | Parenting
It never fails. Every time the elder boy comes to visit for the Summer, we get into at least one huge blow-out argument. It always starts out as something relatively small, but the boy is always trying to test me and see how far I’ll let him push. That is, after...
by Kimberlee Morrison | Jun 8, 2011 | My Life, Parenting
This isn’t a movie review for the movie I’ve never seen with the same title. Instead, its an expression of pride in teh collective parenting my neighbors and I are doing. About a month ago, the Boy came into the house crushed and crying that his friends...
by Kimberlee Morrison | Jun 1, 2011 | Parenting
With the surprise arrival of the elder boy and a house full of kids this afternoon (my own plus several neighbor kids), I realized that summer vacation is upon me. And I’m so not ready for this. How am I to get any work done with a bunch of kids in the house,...
by Kimberlee Morrison | May 27, 2011 | Parenting, The Boy
It happened again…Quite possibly the biggest fear of any free-range parent: Someone called the police about my son being unsupervised. This time the call came from someone who had my address, and probably, one of my neighbors. Unlike the previous run in with the...
