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It’s back-to-school time, and no one could be less excited than my kids. I can’t say I really blame them; lazy days, warm summer nights, and swimming in their grandparents’ pool has made for one memorable summer. But like all good things, summer fun must come to an end. As my kids look forward to […]
While I never said I loved being in the kitchen, I’ve tried nearly everything to persuade BooBoo to venture beyond his diet of chicken nuggets and cinnamon apple sauce without success. I read somewhere that a food must be introduced at least 15 times to see if a child will accept it. Well, let’s see, […]
We bought our house located less than a quarter of a mile from an elementary school the spring before Boy Wonder started kindergarten. “How great it will be to walk to and from school when he gets just a little older!” we thought. Five years later as Boy Wonder gears up to enter the 5th […]
I bitched long and hard about needed time away from my family. A couple days later I bitched about all the fun they have without me when I’m gone. But underneath all that bitching, part of me was really hoping that my family would fall apart without me. Maybe BooBoo would cry himself to sleep […]
I was trying on clothes with reckless abandon in a JC Penney dressing room when I witnessed an unexpected and beautiful mom moment. As I was shoving my mom thighs into a pair of low rise skinny jeans I had no business wearing, a teenage girl and her mother in the dressing room next door were […]
take my responsibility as the mom of boys pretty seriously. I want to raise young men who respect women, possess the ability to cry (albeit not too much), and know how to keep a respectable home. It’s not that we’re practicing man drills or anything like that, but there are little things I’m teaching and […]
Of everything motherhood brings, uncertainty remains certain. In some twisted universe, I find the backwards logic of this fundamental truth oddly comforting … well, at least between dramatic episodes of crying for my mommy whilst in the fetal position, I do. While every mom quickly discovers the laughable uncertainty motherhood brings, there are 8 things […]
Being grounded sucks, for me. If you’ve ever put your kid on restriction as a form of discipline, you quickly realize it’s punishment for the whole fam damily. Check out my personal experience held up in the Mommyfriend compound; let’s just say it does things to a person.
We’re restaurant people, always have been. Some people go to movies and concerts for entertainment, we eat. Since the moment I gave birth, I’ve been trekking my kids out to eat because, well, I’m lazy. But more than that, we’re foodies and restaurants cook better than we do. On the rare opportunity I dine childfree, […]
As excited as I am to escape the monotony of my everyday and head to NYC to shake my booty, I look forward to the trip with great trepidation. Trepidation about leaving my kids in the capable care of their father. Trepidation about the condition of my home when I return. Trepidation about famine, earthquakes, […]
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