[Image credit] As summer draws to a close, I find myself dreading back to school as much as Boy Wonder. I know all the good mothers of world are probably super excited to embark on the upcoming adventures of the new school year but I’m just not. You better believe I fake the excitement though, don’t want Boy […]
[Continue reading...]Reality Bites: Let’s Play Nice
August 14, 2010 13 Comments
[Image credit] I would never want to spark a Work Outside the Home Mom (WOHM) vs. Stay At Home Mom (SAHM) debate, because the battle is emotionally charged, super touchy and always ugly. Besides, I don’t have space to store all those soapboxes anyway. Recently I read an article that referred to working mothers “Part-time Mothers”. As a working […]
[Continue reading...]Wait ‘Til Your Father Gets Home
August 13, 2010 7 Comments
In the traditional 2 parent family, it’s probably fair to say the one parent usually does most of the disciplining and the other is…well, a bit softer. Even when both parents share the same parenting philosophy, the execution of said philosophy is often radically different between Mom and Dad. In our family, I always thought […]
[Continue reading...]Fear Factor
August 9, 2010 16 Comments
For me, parenting involves a fair amount of paranoia. My kids are so lucky. [Image Credit] I’m afraid of convenience stores. I’m pretty sure if I step foot in one something bad like a hostage situation is going to go down. Sorry kiddies, no stopping for Hot Cheetos and Slurpees on the way to Vegas, I love […]
[Continue reading...]Little BooBoo’s Debut
August 7, 2010 10 Comments
For your listening err, pleasure. Little BooBoo sings Glee’s version of Heart’s “Alone”. Such raw emotion. I believe he really needs to know, how does he get you alone?
[Continue reading...]Write For Charity’s Featured Author of the Day!
August 6, 2010 3 Comments
I’m Write For Charity’s Featured Author of the Day! As a contributing author to From the Heart: A Collection of Stories and Poems from the Front Lines of Parenting, my piece entitled Perfect Love is included in this beautiful anthology created to raise money for children’s charities. With this collaborative effort, we will help every child get […]
[Continue reading...]BlogHer’10 Pity Party!
August 4, 2010 14 Comments
*UPDATE* Because our Blogher ’10 Pity Party is so fabulous we scored us some sweet swag to giveaway! Our sponsors include The Big Toybook, Sharpie and Sweet Jeanette. The Big Toybook and Sharpie will be giving 3 lucky winners a bag of goodies! We can’t share the secret contents of the bag just yet because it’s the same swag […]
[Continue reading...]Gisele Is Not A Mommy Friend
August 3, 2010 22 Comments
[Image credit] I just broke up with Gisele. Supermodel Gisele Bundchen and I have been on the rocks for a while. Sure, maybe you haven’t read about our tumultuous relationship in Us Weekly, but I’m taking to Mommyfriend to bring you the exclusive. Perfect Gisele gave birth to a perfect baby boy with her perfect […]
[Continue reading...]What Kind of Mom?
August 1, 2010 7 Comments
My mom When you think back on your childhood, you can probably sum up your mom in a few words: “When I was a kid, my mom was always __________.” I think we could all fill in the blank with some general statement about our mom from our childhood. That thought really scares me. We all know […]
[Continue reading...]Dear Mommyfriend.com,
July 30, 2010 11 Comments
My eldest, who will hereby be known as “Boy Wonder” penned the following letter to Mommyfriend.com:
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MOMMYFRIEND 