Dearest Mommy Friends,I resisted as long as I could. I’m new to the blogosphere and like any good newbie, I’ve been reading a gazillion mommy blogs in my non-existent spare time. I’ve learned a lot with my extensive mom blogging research, but more than anything I have become vastly aware of how important self-promotion is, […]
[Continue reading...]Preparation, Not Just for the Girl Scouts
March 10, 2010 12 Comments
Pregnant Mommy Friends, heed my advice and pack that hospital bag eons before your due date. As you are all too aware, pregnancy is chock full of surprises but perhaps no surprise is greater than walking into your routine prenatal appointment at 36 ½ weeks and being told to get comfortable, your baby was arriving […]
[Continue reading...]Reality Bites: Toy Packaging
March 6, 2010 11 Comments
Above is the latest Nerf gun to join our arsenal. This Nerf gun may look innocent enough (yea, right), but like so many toys it came packaged to like MIL SPEC 20-187A. That’s not a real military specification, I just made it up. But seriously, I’m guessing this toy gun was packaged by packaging experts who had […]
[Continue reading...]The Delivery Room: Golden Ticket Required
March 5, 2010 13 Comments
[Image: Cafepress.com] The birth of your baby is a momentous occasion worthy of tremendous celebration. But is your birth “the place” to be? Of course your family and friends are bursting at the seams with adoration for your unborn child. They love your little sweet pea so much in fact, that they are eager to […]
[Continue reading...]Mama Bear
February 28, 2010 7 Comments
Don’t mess with Mama Bear. While my eldest is of the smaller persuasion, he is made up of plenty of moxie and sass to compensate. But even all the gumption in the world couldn’t stop a gang of hardcore first graders from trying to get their fight on with my boy. As few days prior to […]
[Continue reading...]Mad Love
February 26, 2010 11 Comments
This adorable Sunshine Award was given to me by none other than Mandy P. of Random Thoughts. She is a wonderful Mommy Friend who was so sweet to give me my first ever blogstatic award! Thank you Mandy P. for your continued support! As luck would have it, a few days later, I was given this! A […]
[Continue reading...]Reality Bites: Mama’s Boy
February 26, 2010 3 Comments
Queen of hearts Not so long ago, I was everything. I was idolized and larger than life to my eldest son when he was nearly 6 years old. Imagine having your personal fan club president as a member of your household? Honestly, in between all of his normal boy activities, my eldest would stop to pay me […]
[Continue reading...]The Well
February 21, 2010 4 Comments
[Image: Nationalautismassociation.org] Today, on a very special episode of Mommyfriend… OK, I’m gonna be honest with you. This post is heavy and all serious and stuff so if you generally come here for light-hearted fun, know that I do too. This installment doesn’t even have one of Big Daddy’s P’s cartoons so if you just […]
[Continue reading...]The Outsider
February 20, 2010 5 Comments
I have always been a personable gal. Growing up, I was continuously busted in the classroom for talking too much and committing countless social crimes which have made me the Mommy Friend I am today. As easy as it has always seemed for me to make friends, when it came to making friends at my […]
[Continue reading...]Reality Bites: Good Hair
February 20, 2010 4 Comments
Color, the way nature and my colorist intended I am a practical Mommy Friend. I don’t carry expensive handbags or have a gargantuan wedding ring. I clip coupons, shop for sales and remain scared as hell of Suze Orman. The only thing I can justify spending ridiculous money to maintain is my hair. I have to […]
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