Balent Times

It's Strawberry Season! I took the kids strawberry picking at Boone Hall Plantation this morning. We got a giant bucketful of delicio...

The temps are already soaring here in Charleston. After some sweaty finger painting in the driveway, we filled a plastic tub with water. W...

My buddy Mike from Newburyport (my brother's BFF ), his wife Pam and their daughter Allison were staying in Myrtle Beach (about 2 hour...

Don't forget that TODAY is Iced Coffee day at Dunkin Donuts. For each small 50¢ Iced Coffee you buy today, 10% will go to support Home...

Frogs and snails And puppy-dogs' tails, That's what little boys are made of.

Currier's been sick for a few days. It started out with a bad cough and runny nose and turned into vomiting and diarrhea. He didn'...

It's not all fun and games around here! Some days Currier is in a perpetual time-out for not listening to me and Rya totally flips out...

if this tutu makes him look gay?

Dear Rya D., You're five months old today. You are an absolute joy. You are easy-peasy-chubby-cheek-squeezy. I hope I don't jinx mys...

Gotta love you some Piggly Wiggly !

Our community pool is open now so yesterday we decided to go test the water. It was too cold for me and Rya but Currier and Trent braved i...

This week has been full of eggstra activities. Our neighbors put on a big Easter egg hunt in their yard for all the neighborhood children. ...

Yesterday afternoon, my friend Miranda called and said she, her husband and three kids would be in Charleston for the day and would like to...