http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ en-us slbowe@yahoo.com 2007-07-14T10:27:11-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/013810.html T-Minus 1 day until the Bowe clan leaves on our summer adventure. I am not naive enough to call it vacation, because a vacation it will not be. To me vacation is uninterrupted time to relax, read, and sightsee leisurely.... 13810@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2007-07-14T10:27:11-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/013603.html As a follow up to my most recent posting, I have found a great site that gives a plethora of ideas for travel activites and products for toddlers and preschoolers. More often than not, most ideas on traveling with kids... 13603@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2007-07-07T09:26:13-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/013577.html In a little over a week from now my family and I are traveling to Wisconsin for my sister's wedding. Some months back we decided we would drive there, due to high airfare, I know, gas prices are not so... 13577@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2007-07-06T09:46:28-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/009507.html I don't know how many of you saw this article on Yahoo! a week ago, which was released by the American Psychological Association, on sexed-up images in the media and how it affects young girls, but it is extremely concerning.... 9507@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2007-03-02T22:08:00-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/009128.html How many times I have told myself over the past couple months to get on the computer and blog away are too numerous to count. It seems there was always some excuse. After the Holidays I'll be less busy, or,... 9128@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2007-02-16T13:10:38-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/007728.html As you are well aware, this weekend was quite a stormy one for us. It was just plain nasty outside and most people only went out if necessary. I found the storm gave my family something that is hard to... 7728@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2006-10-29T19:23:05-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/007555.html My day is filled with to do lists and appointments like many of you. I barely finish something when my mind is already on fast forward to what needs to be done next. I'm busy , busy, busy. So why... 7555@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2006-10-16T15:30:57-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/007378.html I am sure many of you, like me, are once again scared of this new reality we live in. One where it seems, children are not safe to go to school. After the past week of school violence, only one... 7378@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2006-10-03T12:52:53-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/007197.html At what point does a couple decide it is time to have a second or third or in my case, sixth baby? Adding to our families is a personal decision and there is not a magic formula where we plug... 7197@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2006-09-19T22:24:48-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/007058.html Parenting is not for the weak of heart. Housed in those small bodies of our children are the strongest of wills and some days they seem to unleash in us emotions that cause us to want to act irrationally. This... 7058@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2006-09-08T21:33:22-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/006897.html There have been many articles and parenting tips "out there" recently helping parents to prepare their children for the start of school. As I read through them I find that they give great tips for kids, but none of them... 6897@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2006-08-27T23:07:27-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/006810.html Yesterday we celebrated my youngest son's second birthday. Was it a lot of work preparing for it? Yes. Was it worth every minute of it? Definitely. But this was not how I always felt after one of my children's birthday... 6810@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2006-08-20T21:04:23-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/006756.html As parents we develop family rules that we want our children to abide by. We think they are reasonable and put in place in the best interest of our children, whether it is for their well-being, health or safety.... 6756@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2006-08-16T13:04:50-05:00 http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/006514.html My husband and I are often asked, being the parents of six children, “How do you do it?” I never really know how to respond. People look at me as if I am about to reveal some guarded secret.... 6514@http://www.mainetoday.com/kidsfamily/blogs/familylife/ 2006-07-25T13:03:41-05:00