Hello, I created a short video just to say thank you for visiting and being a friend. I hope you have had a wonderful year and are able to count the blessings today. I know many folks have had difficulties over this past year and I hope you are still ...

Haley presented today at the Atlanta Jewish book festival. There were probably 80 people in the audience and it didn’t phase her one bit. I’m so proud of her. Check out the video below. Haley and Raye Lynn – Atl MJCCA Book Festival 1...

{mosgoogle} The Boy Who Cried DiapeeAlex doesn't always drift peacefully off after we bolt him into his bedroom for the night. He's honed many tactics for getting us to open the door. First and favorite seems to be rattling the doorknob...

{mosgoogle} Overnight ChangeThree months ago, a doctor asked me how Alex sleeps. "Great!" I replied, with the enthusiasm common to those about to stride into spinning propeller blades. "Eleven hours a night!" Overnight, Alex has gone fr...

{mosgoogle} Biting FredI've always wanted Alex to eat a Flintstones vitamin. I wanted to tap one out of the bottle, place it in his fingers, watch it disappear into his mouth, and listen to the crunching. I figured he'd like the little ...

{mosgoogle} Table MannersWe're trying to get Alex to eat only at the table. Not in front of the TV, not beside the TV, not on top of the TV. At the table. At the table where family dinners will be eaten and family holidays held. At the ...

{mosgoogle} The AggressorsKids shove kids. Brothers shove brothers. I know this, but ... Monday, May 12th, 7:23 a.m.: Suspects' Father was emptying the dishwasher while suspects watched "Sesame Street" in the living room. Suspects' Moth...

{mosgoogle} Word CountWe've been trying to string three or four words together. Not me and Jill, although it's difficult for us to do that lately, too. I mean Alex. "Pretzul!" "What do we say, Alex?" "Pret-ZUL!" "'Pretzel please, daddy!...

{mosgoogle} PuzzlingAlex has puzzles of a garbage truck, a tow truck, and a dump truck. Each has 49 pieces, each piece a little bigger than a quarter. In the dump truck scene, there's also a guy laying bricks, a red-headed driver, and, ...

{mosgoogle} Dinner HourJill gave me a child-rearing book, Blessings of a Skinned Knee, which, among other tips of real sense, advises that dinner hour is sacred. I looked across the living room. Alex munching chicken nuggets by hand and...