Summer 2009 Issue

Cover Mom: Catt Sadler: How the Entertainment Reporter Stays Grounded in an A-list World (Hint: They're 4 and 8)

Featured Articles

Back to Work -- With Baby
It's 11 on a Wednesday morning, and Denise Towne, production manager at Zutano, a children’s clothing company in Cabot, Vermont, is busy working at her desk. Alongside her, asleep in her crib, is Towne’s 7-month-old daughter, Morgan.

Summer Entertaining 
The arrival of summer means many things. For me, this season set the stage for a long-standing tradition that created many cherished memories. For more summers than I can count, I have thrown Saturday evening get-togethers with three of my closest girlfriends and our families. It still brings smile to my face to think of the kids bursting through the gates to reunite in the yard, the fun and games beginning the moment they arrived.

Battling the Summer Blahs
School’s out and the children run free. It’s such a welcome change from carpooling, making lunches, helping with homework, and being on someone else’s schedule. Children fill their summer days with playdates, camp, and the town pool. Eventually, and usually quicker than you think, boredom sets in. Here are a few ways that Tom and I keep the children from driving us bonkers. Use them at your own risk.

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