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Last night when I collected Boy Wonder’s yearbook from his sleeping grasp, I decided to thumb through his signatures. What I found were loads of acronyms I had never seen before. Long gone are the days of BFF, KIT, and 2 sweet + 2 be = 4 gotten. It’s a brave new world, my friends. I took […]
Boy Wonder was 7 when he got his first pair of glasses. Nearly three years, two stronger prescriptions, and one broken pair of glasses later, I’m here to offer sage advice for parents of kids who need glasses – click here!
Here I am as a fresh-faced 4-year-old. I was a talkative kid with a crazy imagination who had big time problems enunciating my S’s. How do I know all of this? Because of an audio tape. When I was 18, I randomly discovered an interview-style audio recording my dad had made with me in the […]
Seriously, what’s wrong with people? As a member of the MOB (Mom of Boys) club, I hear variations of these 8 obnoxious phrases all the time.
When the heat and crazy summer fun gets to be too much, gather the kiddos, grab the snacks, and pop in one of these 10 summer-themed movies just for kids!
In exactly nine days I begin my first summer home with my kids. In the near decade since becoming of mom I’ve relied on the convenience and expertise of daycare professionals to keep my kids entertained for the summer while I worked outside the home. It’s now just me and the kids – oh, and […]
Here I am with a frustrated Boy Wonder knee-deep in 4th grade project hell at our local library In an effort to get my kid motivated for what was sure to be his most difficult assignment yet, I suggested Alcatraz prison as his topic. I figured prison, cannons, criminals, escape attempts – that’s the stuff […]
Big Daddy P and I are redecorating our master bedroom and adjoining bathroom. Perhaps more frustrating than the exhaust and expense of doing-it-ourselves is that fact that everything I own is now on display. This is what it feels like when your kids find your tampons and thongs.
I hate kids’ birthday parties, but maybe not for the reasons you think. Clickety click click click right here to learn all about how personal anxieties cannot be resolved with cake.
When it comes to parenting, I feel like I’m always at war with at least one of the little peeps in my household. Even basic stuff like brushing teeth, bedtime, meals is cause for battle. When I really stopped to consider the battles worth fighting in my house, I came up with 7 that I […]
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