This past weekend, my always-smiling little niece Amanda had her Bat Mitzvah. While she’s the first neice of mine to have one so far, two of my nephews had one last year. Even so, this one made me feel a tad bit old. Maybe it’s because we’re almost at the halfway point of having all the kids reach their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Heck, any day now we should be learning the date of Jason’s …
My kids have a lot of cousins and just love spending time with them. Ryan (at age 7) is the youngest, with just about every other age represented up to 13. So when Ryan and Max (one of the 13 year old cousins) hang out together, you just know it’s not going to be all bunnies and rainbows. Considering Max is really into war history (This kid really knows his military weapons. He can name …
This weekend we got to see what it’d be like to have a daughter. Since there aren’t any “Rent a Daughter” shops in our area of the country, we had to make due with our 11-year-old niece Amanda. Okay, fine. We had an impromptu sleepover with my sister-in-law’s daughter, but for a day, we got to pretend she wasn’t our niece. My kids are always excited for any sort of sleepover, but extra excited …
