... how about homemade gifts?Asides from cookies - which are always a hit - do you have any other great ideas?My family always appreciates homemade cards and drawings from the kids, but what about your family?

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My husband takes our seven-year-old child downhill skiing at a local ski resort and lets him ski down runs alone . . . I'm not a skiier and I've not been there to make a judgment call but even though he's a pretty good skiier…

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I belong to a Web-based group called "Danish mothers overseas" which connects Danish moms all over the world. Today, someone in the Danish forum recommended this site: www.momsrising.org Here are a few quotes from the site - check it out and let me know what…

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OK - So the article in the Monday paper about mommies having tattoos made me laugh! I, too, am one of those moms not with one tattoo, but three of them! Of course mine usually can not be seen unless I am in a bathing…

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Just a heads up that the city of Spokane is celebrating its 125th anniversary starting this week.On Saturday, Nov. 25, from noon to 4 p.m. the city will put on "an amazing race through Spokane history."Start at City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., any…

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Santa Claus. I have many freinds who do not allow their children to belive in him becasue it is against thier religion. As Catholics we teach our children about St. Nicholas ( the actual Saint that Santa was formed from). I was wondering how many…

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In today's mailbag is a note from a woman who puts on etiquette classes for children.She writes that, "my focus for now is children and youth. I chose this profession out of concern for the decline of respect, honor andkindness in our nations youth."Ouch.My personal…

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At our meeting Saturday morning, someone brought up the subject of the sense of entitlement that many children seem to have these days. I shared a conversation I had with a college professor the day before about some of the more outrageous examples of spoiled…

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The parents' council meeting on Saturday, Nov. 11 will begin at 10 a.m. and run no longer than noon.The meeting is held at The Spokesman-Review, 999 West Riverside Avenue (on the corner of Riverside and Monroe street) in the Masthead Suite on the 7th floor.You…

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O.k. so maybe I am a bit biased...I prefer raising boys to girls...not that I do not like girls...after all I was one! It seems that in many ways boys are easier..let's face it boys/men are less complicated than the female mind. When a male…

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Would anyone like to share some special family traditions you might be trying to pass on to your kids? My family wasn't big on traditions (besides attending church for any possible reason) and I keep wishing I had some traditions of some sort (besides real…

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My twins have several delays in thier development. What I am finding is it is hard to do the things that your children need to catch up all the time. We drive in twice a wek for speech and physical therepy ( about 60 miles…

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I've gotten a few questions about what the agenda is at the meeting on Saturday.I'm sure we'll talk about Laura - and I'll need a little update on how you've been doing things.Mostly, I want to talk about how to carry the Parents' council forward,…

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The next meeting of the Parents Council will be on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. roughly to noon.The meeting will be held at The Spokesman-Review building, downtown, in the Masthead Suite.Please RSVP no later than Wednesday to Pia K. Hansen at (509)459-5427 or via…

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