I just saw a book on the reserve cart "Diaper Free By 3" and once again wondered "WHY?"What is the obsession about toilet training at an early age?I know diapers are costly. I know diapers are a pain in the neck.But so is cleaning

Virginia is WEIRD. We have incredible wealth and the most grinding of poverty. Areas of rich diversity and other areas where folks still don't seem to have heard that the South lost the "War of Northern Aggression".I've lived here 2

Perhaps I AM meaner and stricter than all the mothers around here. Quite possible from what I've seen.But when I take you and Mr Wonderful to the mall and instead of staying there, you take the Metro into DC and "go for a walk" around t

Carrot cake, that is.Normally I'm a chocolate person--you can fill up a Halloween dish with candy and if it's candy corn and the like I'll just yawn.But JR and I had carrot cake this spring--at  Easter brunch, I think--and she's

All right, I'm going to let you hear my not-so-dulcet tones because I can't find a recording of this song anywhere.I sing this all month long in October (and into November) at my programs for kids 12-24 months, and in late October at the prog