JAK CHAT

[caption id="attachment_2210" align="alignright" width="203"] I caved with buying #3 a celebrity fragrance #gagme[/caption] Scentsational! by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann Oh lucky you! I am on holiday break with my kids for the next week and a half, so brief with today's entry, I shall be. Today I started going thru the numerous photos I took during my family Christmas celebrations. In an effort to fill this space I hope you don't mind me sharing special moments with my kids, husband, siblings, inlaws and their families. As I do that, I am struck by the words I've seen circulating around on Facebook. I've seen it before, yet, never does it ring truer than as I sit back and reminisce... Read more... "You will never have this day with your children again. Tomorrow they'll be a little older then they were today. This day is a gift. Just breathe, notice, study their faces and little feet. Pay Attention. Relish the charms of t

A is for App by Just Add Kids, Founder Paula Herrmann Let's start at the very beginning A very good place to start When you read you begin with A-B-C (I am singing while I am typing out these words, lyrics to the song made famous by Maria and the von Trapp Children in the hit movie musical "The Sound of Music") So that is where I started in my quest to get to know #3 daughter's handheld device. For those of you joining us for the first time, it's a project that I've had hovering over my head and on the TO DO list if not for a month, since I caved and bought this Pandora's Box...an iPhone for my daughter's 11th birthday back in April.  Ready for the journey? Read more.... Like I said, I started with the apps that had been downloaded, mind you, only with my permission, as she has to have me type in my AppleID's password to gain access to downloading. Honestly, they weren't that bad.  And they really shouldn't be, should they? I am the one ty

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Green by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann Don't envy me! I have a date with a sparkly green iPhone that keeps getting delayed. But before I get to that hovering subject matter, I must wish #2 a happy 17th birthday! 'Tis the season for Herrmann family celebrations: uncle birthday, nephew birthday, Thanksgiving, #4 birthday, #2 birthday, Christmas, and all the holiday seasonings sprinkled in between, including The 37th Annual High Renaissance Feast. Note the festive garb!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And speaking of green, we've got more Alexander Hamilton's and Andrew Jackson's flying out the window than coming in the door. You? Read more.... So today, instead of tackling this "high priority" project of sifting thru #3's cell phone (now see #3, I Remember  AND i Caved. i Regret. ) I am writing about yet another child and her milestone....tomorrow's 17th birthday. It's only right.

  #4. Huh? Say What? [caption id="attachment_2171" align="alignright" width="270"] #4 hits double digits[/caption] by Just Add Kids Founder, Paula Herrmann I must be losing it. Actually, I know I've lost it. My mojo. My groove. It happens. Just not this early in the winter. I think I know the culprit. It's my family's  Read more... new school year schedule. Um, Paula, it's been 3 months now.  I know. I know.  For the last two years it had been 2 kids at one school and the other 2 at another. Just two schools. Starting times 2 hours apart. The flow was quite perfect. This year, not so much. Four kids. Four different schools with four different start times and end times. I just can't seem to get the flow going. [caption id="attachment_2173" align="alignleft" width="225"] Texting after 10pm BANNED. Even if it's a stupid app![/caption] Okay, so how does this equate to making up another excuse for not gett