How do we celebrate birthdays at the Rhine household? We blow stuff up! Stuff like Diet Coke and Mentos! Happy birthday to my beautiful daughter, who turns 10 years old today!

Memorial Day is usually a three day weekend, but this year I managed to make it four. Friday I took a vacation day on Friday to help chaperone my daughter’s gifted class’s trip to the Smithsonian Insitute in Washington, DC. After some pre-trip jitters from my daughter, we made our way to the museum and had a great day. The [...]