From Trike to Two Wheeler

Saying Yes to the Sprinkler

Last week, the kids and I headed to the new E. Carroll Joyner Park located in Northern Wake County to enjoy the early fall weather. We explored the trails, swung on the bench swings and peeked in the historic cabins. Laurel and Trevor were so delighted with the many fun things to do that they didn't even notice that there wasn't a playground and I was impressed with the clean restrooms.

Posted 2 mon. ago.

September 11th 2001

For several months now, I have been planning on writing this week about how my almost eight- year-old learned about the 9/11 attacks this year. Since I was 34 weeks pregnant when the Twin Towers fell, I had been thinking about having this conversation with her since before she was even born. But every time I sat down to write about it, I kept thinking about a conversation I had a few days after Se…

Posted 2 mon. ago.

The First Saturday of the Month

A few weeks ago, I found myself sitting on the floor of the Wake Forest Home Depot, surrounded by nails, wooden pieces, hammers and the directions for the Kids Workshop project for the month. Oh, and I canât forget about my two children who both were convinced that they needed me to help them first.

Posted 2 mon. ago.

Mother's Intuition

When I was pregnant with my daughter, I read an article about a mother who knew something was wrong with her son and insisted that the doctors order more tests. Unfortunately, she was right and her kid was very sick. I was intrigued by the article and the idea of motherâs intuition, but the logical part of me just couldnât wrap my head around it.

Posted 2 mon. ago.

Jogging

I have exercised regularly for the past few years, but I usually have to drag myself to the gym or force myself to turn on the exercise video. Sometime in late July, I got the strange (for me anyway) idea to take up jogging and decided to give it a try.

Posted 2 mon. ago.

Friends and Neighbors

When we bought our house almost ten years ago, we checked out the schools, the crime rate in the area and crawled under the house to make sure there were no water leaks. But what we didnât realize when we signed our name on the mortgage papers was that one of our favorite things about the house would be people who live near us.

Posted 3 mon. ago.

Food Network to the rescue

I never thought that the answer to one of my long standing parenting dilemmas would be the Food Network. My hubby and I encourage our kids spend their free on the swing set in the backyard, playing board games or building elaborate block cities. But there are times, especially when it is cold or wet, where they want to recharge their batteries while watching a short TV show. In addition to limitin…

Posted 3 mon. ago.

Back to school blues

One of the things I have really missed about being a kid is having a long summer break from the everyday routine. If I had realized that I would not always have the freedom that summers provided, I am positive that I would have savored those days more. After I graduated college, my summers were spent sitting in a cubicle working on a computer. I had more flexibility once I became a stay-at-home mo…

Posted 3 mon. ago.

Same Beach, Different Year

As we headed back to Raleigh from Atlantic Beach a few weeks, I told my husband how much fun it was to vacation at the same place each year and how I couldnât wait to return next July. He gave me a puzzled look and then reminded me that I had spent the weeks before the vacation complaining that I wished we could visit some place new this year.Â Oh. Yeah. He was right.

Posted 3 mon. ago.

Adventures in School Supply Shopping

I have fond memories of shopping for new school supplies each year when I was a kid. I remember carefully selecting the perfect pencil box and how I was so excited about a hot pink Hello Kitty binder that I picked out for third grade.

Posted 4 mon. ago.

about this blog

From Trike to Two Wheeler

Jennifer Gregory left Florida almost 11 years ago to escape the heat and enjoys living in a place where the seasons change. She lives in Youngsville, N.C., which she usually refers to as north of Wake Forest, and has been married to her husband for almost 10 years. As the mom of two kids and three dogs, her house is filled with lots of joyful noise and barking. Her daughter (7) is convinced that she will be a princess when she grows up and her son (5) has aspirations of being the next Dale Jr. After years of writing software documentation for various companies, she "retired" when her daughter was born to become a stay at home mom. Now that her kids are in school, she has finally figured out what she wants to be when she grows up. She spends her mornings as a freelance writer and her afternoons hanging out with her kids. The only things she misses about living in Florida are her friends and family, Publix fried chicken and going to Florida Gator football games.