It is 6.55am and I am about to run out the door to work. Granted still applying mascara and with tooth brush firmly placed in mouth when Eldest strolls up to the bathroom door and casually informs me he needs a bus ticket. Freeze frame- my brain and I have a little chat. There is a part of me that wants to throttle him and scream “Are you kidding me! You choose NOW to tell me? What happen to the 10 trip pass I bought you only three days ago?” The other part of my brain is sti

All of my boys were born within a few weeks of each other and so birthday party planning has always required careful preparation and precision execution, comparable to the G8 convention. Of course I had to do everything from the invitations to decorations to games to goody bags – the works. We’ve done Thomas parties, cowboy parties, bug parties, pirate parties, games parties, medieval parties, bowling parties; you name it. But what do you do with a teen party? Obviously anyth