Archive for October, 2006

During November, I will be participating in NaBloPoMo, or National Blog Posting Month, created by Fussy. This means that I will post here at PHAT Mommy EVERY day in November. I know. You can barely stand the excitement.
In addition, I’ve been inspired by Kailani at the Pink Diary to photo blog for the month (see [...]

The Teachers and Families web site offers study activities corresponding to the recent Harry Potter books. Activities covering art, math, science, writing, sports, family history and more go chapter-by-chapter so your children can do them as you read the book. The site currently has activities for The Order of the Phoenix and The Half-Blood Prince [...]

My kids are candy fanatics. While some children might tire of their halloween candy after a week or so, mine will be begging me from breakfast to bedtime for their treats until every last Kit-Kat is gone.
We get A LOT of candy. My kids trick-or-treat with their cousins in a large neighborhood where people [...]

I was cleaning the other day and I stopped to lean in the doorway of my daughter’s pretty little toddler room, wondering what the room might look like in 5 or 10 years. Different color paint? Posters and pre-teen paraphernalia on the walls? Different furniture? I pictured my room as a teenager and realized that [...]

I used to be really fun. PHAT Daddy & I traveled, went out to dinner, and attended concerts. And when L was born, having a child didn’t cramp our style. He was a calm little restaurant patron, easily entertained by a pile of salt & pepper on a placemat that could be scooped and dumped [...]