My Family Blog

by May Saubier posted in Mom Stories During shark week this summer, my kids begged to watch Jaws (1975).  They asked if it was a good movie.  My husband and I nodded at each other knowingly.  But, no, forget it.  Once they watched it, they would never again swim with abandon in an ocean, or a deep lake, for that matter.  [...]

Singer, entertainer and icon of middle-of-the-road music, Andy Williams has died at the age of 84. Andy Williams had a very long and successful career and had recently celebrated 75 years in the entertainment industry.  The crooner is best known for his rendition of the song “Moon River,” a song he embraced with naming his [...]

The Sperm Extractor This is not a device you’d find at your local adult ‘toy’ store. This is a medical tool being utilized in hospitals in China. The ‘automatic sperm extractor’ may sound a bit kinky but it has an actual medical application. Its main purpose is to collect sperm for and from men dealing [...]

In exactly one month from today, along with his three siblings; ages 8, 5, and *almost* 3 years old, baby Paul will be at the Magic Kingdom, rubbing elbows with the likes of Mickey and Minnie. It will be the first time our family of six has ever experienced anything Disney, outside of going to [...]

No mask needed in order to do good deeds Movie super heroes are a nice fantasy, but they have nothing on the real thing. Christian Bale, the most recent actor to portray Batman on the silver screen in “The Dark Knight Rises,” touched the hearts of not a few people earlier this summer when he [...]

by Allison Czarnecki posted in Mom Stories In the late 90′s a British doctor named Andrew Wakefield made a fraudulent statement (now proven false) about vaccinations causing autism. He knowingly published a scientific paper with a “now-discredited claim that there is a link between the administration of the measles, mumps and ...

I don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t belong to the 1% – far from it. And since we’re planning to have a baby, we’re always on the lookout for the next best way to save some cash before our little one arrives. I’m a big fan of practicality and of implementing habits that [...]

I don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t belong to the 1% – far from it. And since we’re planning to have a baby, we’re always on the lookout for the next best way to save some cash before our little one arrives. I’m a big fan of practicality and of implementing habits that [...]

For the tooth now, for the nose later? Will morphine cure a child’s common cough and cold? Well, yes, probably, but it’s not something you’d ever give them (unless you were looking for an out-of-the-box way to grab the attention of Child Protective Services, that is). Morphine, meth, weed, cocaine and heroin are just a [...]

Walt Disney at Disneyland in 1956 I, for one, am a firm believer that Disneyland is a magical place. It is fun, it is exciting and it is timeless. And its’ timelessness is highlighted in this vintage Disneyland home movie from 1956 when the park was just a year old. A while ago filmmaker Jeff [...]