Isn’t this a great photo of Cathy & her kids at the Georgia Aquarium?

How long have you been married? I’ve been married to Jeff for seven years

How many children do you have? We have two: Josie is almost 6 and Owen is almost 3.

How do you enjoy spending time with your family? Anything that involves listening to the kids talk. They crack me up. Plus bike rides – but I can’t hear them when they’re way behind me in the bike trailer.

What do you and your husband enjoy doing together?  (Please, don’t share too much!) Together, like, without kids?! Eating out at kid-unfriendly restaurants.

What is your favorite vacation spot?  Wherever my extended family is—since we don’t get to see them often (plus I love a vacation with an improved adult/kid ratio).

What are three to five books that you’ll always keep on your shelf?  Can you share why? I loved A Prayer for Owen Meany so much that my son’s name is Owen! Other books I love I tend to give away because I want to share the fun.

Which three books would you add to any child’s library? The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Grumpy Bird (a newish one by Jeremy Tankard), and anything by Kevin Henkes.

How do you spend your days?  Hanging out with my kids, writing about my kids and kids in general, and reading about other people’s kids (on their blogs).

What’s a job you think you might have enjoyed doing, if you had pursued a different path?  Why? My mom, sister and I once discovered that we’d all had secret fantasies about being florists. I also wish I’d studied anthropology or tried a profession that would have allowed me to live in another country for long enough to really get to know it.

PC or Mac lover?  I feel so stodgy when I say … PC. But those iPhones are awfully tempting.

Cathy Helecko is a writer and an editor for Scholastic.com’s parents channel. Check out her Scholastic blog for parents here.