Movies need to get quite a bit of information across to the viewer in their very short opening scenes, and The Great Gilly Hopkins did not disappoint; Gilly showed her tough-as-nails attitude and made me love her completely within a few seconds; what's not to love about a sassy tween?? Says the naive mother of a sassy threenager... Adapted from the award-winning, 1978 novel by Katherine Paterson, it's not a "new" story--angry tween bounced from foster home to foster home, finds family at …
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How To Boost A Car Battery – Sisters are Doing it for Themselves
Last Tuesday there was quite a sight to behold in the parking lot of my kids’ school. There was a lot of hooting and hollering, a lady doing the moonwalk, and two others with their fists in the air and looks of …
Preparing Teens for Back To School; It All Starts with A Scribble
Upon reflection I now realize that getting my kids ready for back to school when they were younger was a snap. As their benevolent dictator, er, I mean mom, I was able to manage the transition from summer mayhem to …
Top Ten Back to School Movies
There are curled, dried up maple leaves on my driveway this morning and I can hardly smell sunscreen on my kids anymore. There's been no sticky burnt marshmallow crust in my hair for almost a week and every store I go to …
The 20 Saddest Things About Spring Cleaning
It's the least favouritest time of the year. Spring cleaning. I engage in spring cleaning with all the fervor of someone who invites 30 relatives to Easter dinner who will probably be checking out the relative …
The Golden Rule is Wrong
We all preach it: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. It’s a simple principle: treat others as you wish to be treated. But, what if we're doing it all wrong? At only four, my son already knows that …
Get Cell Smart With These Simple Tips
Teenagers are never far from their phone and as nice as it would be to just separate them, my mother often says, you can’t unring the bell. The selfie generation isn’t going anywhere. On top of my constant vigilance with …
