Life with toddlers, tweens and teens
I have never been one to stress about my age. If anything, I have always looked forward to the next year and a new number. I don’t believe that age defines you and I didn’t understand why people got so stressed about getting older. And then I realized that it maybe isn’t about the number [...]
My oldest son is 19 and fairly conservative with his affection. He is in college and not living here, but he’s home for the holidays right now. I miss him when he’s gone and it’s great to have him home, even if most of his time is spent with his friends. Today I took his [...]
I was a single Mom to one child for over ten years. He was well behaved, respectful and I thought it was due to my exceptional parenting. *insert hysterical laughing here* Now that I am married and the mom to not one, but four children…three who are under 9, I realize I was wrong. Not [...]
I went with Griffin’s class on his first school trip last week, and it was a trip to a local farm. The highlight for Griffin was the ride on the bus, which he had never been on before, but I didn’t get a picture of that!
I have been a parent for more than 19 years. I have endured sleepless nights, countless diaper changes, birthday parties, hurt feelings, school assignments and broken hearts. Somehow, I managed to parent three children without dealing with a child who tells me they “hate me”, at least not on a regular basis…but number 4 has [...]
Today I had plans to post a very pretty picture I took on the weekend. And then I reconsidered and thought I would share the “first day of school” picture that I took this morning. And then all of my plans changed when I sent my 3 year old upstairs for a time out without [...]
With my youngest child starting school this year, I will be getting 3 young kids ready to go each morning, and I know how challenging that can be! Years ago, when my oldest son was in public school, I developed some rules and techniques for making sure our mornings ran smoothly and we started our [...]
This morning I decided to put Marley & Me on to watch with the kids. It’s a cute movie, it has a dog which would make the kids happy, and it’s not animated, which makes me happy, so I thought it was a good choice…it’s innocent enough. And then we get to the part where [...]
I get home from work at 8:30am and Eric can’t find some papers he needs for a 9am meeting. He says he looked in the place I told him to look yesterday, so I proceed to tear the house apart looking for them….while listening to a three year scream about needing a freezie… and eventually [...]
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