Jaimie Oliver, chef, offered a challenge to develop a program theme to help children learn to eat healthy foods. My solution, Eat Like an Animal.
Being a parent is hard. Children are time consuming, money consuming, food consuming, and emotionally draining. People fill novels with the trials and triumphs of parenthood. And frankly, I didn’t even like kids before we had one of our own. It was so cool, however, that we had two. But you want to know what I love most about being a parent? Being a lion. The note here is an example of one that our youngest daughter Cozette (6) writes…
Our oldest daughter is eight years old and entering the twilight of her innocence when it comes to Santa Claus. She still believes, but you can see logic starting to creep in. I blame fractions. She’s known as the fraction queen in 3rd grade. Math – it’s like hemlock to fruitful imaginations. I’m sure some of you will say – ‘But Jim, mathematicians have to think creatively to solve complex science problems, design architecture or create new fragrances for…
Every summer we spend a couple of weeks on a beach near St. Augustine, Florida. And every summer our youngest daughter's birthday falls during vacation. Cozette, who turned 6 this year, is a fairly easy child to please (unless you count her growing penchant for apparel, in which case I can only guess that I'm screwed in a few years). We spent her day playing in the surf, and went out to dinner that night. Easy. The only thing she…
