Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Montco Mommy's 6-year-old son set his sight on wedding rings for himself and his girlfriend and is planning to propose, marry and start a family.
I knew the day would come. I’m not looking forward to it, and I love my children so much I hate to see them go. But, let’s face it. It is fairly likely someday they will move out. My son said this weekend he is ready for that day. He is going to propose to his girlfriend. They have been boyfriend and girlfriend for almost a year now, so he says it is time. May I remind you, he is now 6 years old. On his day off this holiday weekend, I took him for a special trip to Aronld’s Family Fun Center in Oaks. We had a great time playing laser tag, driving go-karts and playing arcade games. Afterward, we took our ticket winnings to the prize center, as usual. After scouring racks of toys, candy and games, his eyes finally fixed on what he wanted to …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Montco Mommy enjoys an anniversary date with her husband ... but sleeping in was the favorite part of their getaway.
It has been half a decade. It doesn’t sound long, but it’s a wide variety of peaks and valleys. This past week, I celebrated my fifth wedding anniversary with my husband. When you have two young children, getting a date in at all is pretty tough. We aspire to get out at least every other week, but that ends up being more like once a month, at best. Between nailing down a babysitter, timing our work schedules and the cost of going out, we seldom take the time to do it. But, relationships take a lot of work. We try to remember, though it isn’t always easy, that time together can be the best way to “work” on it. Thankfully, we have my college-aged sister in town for a few more days, so we took advantage of a free Aunt to get away for an …
Saturday, April 23, 2011
There’s a lot of buzz about the upcoming royal wedding, but that’s the problem. Everyone talks about the big event, not the years that follow.
During my son’s third-grade year there was an outbreak of divorce among his classmates’ parents. Apparently worried, he arrived home and asked, “Mom are you and Dad going to get divorced?” Although puzzled, I answered almost immediately, “Nope, we owe too much money.” Satisfied, he went off to play. A little while later his dad came in from work and went upstairs to change. My son followed and a short time later, my husband entered the kitchen where I was cooking and asked if I knew what my son had just inquired. “He asked if we were going to get divorced,” he said. “What did you tell him?” He smiled and said, “I told him we owe too much money.” Needless to say, our son refused to let his father buy a lottery ticket for months. So what …
Steven Long
4:30 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
STUPID! This is something you hear from a friendly neighbor ... not a journalist! more ›