As I watched my children play with their tablets I started thinking back to my childhood. I had a great childhood. What an awesome time to grow up. I was inspired to compile a list of the things that I loved as a child. Just to show my kids how cool it really was. 1. […]
Traveling With Kids For Spring Break? You Probably Don’t Want To Read This Post.
Spring break is upon us. Many families like to take this time as an opportunity to get away. I don’t believe that you have lived, until you have traveled in a car with children. We decide to take the kids back home to visit Grandma. I have already devoted an entire post to what it […]
Living with Little Boys
Every family is different. In this family the boys greatly outnumber the girls. This is a reality that my daughter and I have learned to accept. Anytime you have three children of the same sex living under one roof, it tends to change the dynamic of the home. Let me explain what it is like […]
Kids’ Seminar: How To Live In Your Parents’ Home And Make Mom Happy
There are certain things that my kids do that drive me wild. If they are driving me crazy, then one day they will drive the world crazy as well. It is my job as their parent to raise them into adults that the world can stand one day. When dealing with children, one should never […]
When Children Suffer Life’s Disappointments
It was almost as though the words weren’t real. Spelling bee? What do you mean you won the spelling bee? My child? How could this be? I spell check the simplest of words. Such as “simplest.” My daughter won her class spelling bee. Now she was to represent in the school spelling bee. I was […]
My Life Without A Biological Father
I do not know my biological father. I have never met him. There used to be a stigma attached to that. I have never been one to offer up that information. Maybe I was protecting my mother. Maybe I was protecting myself. We didn’t want to be judged. Or pitied. It was no one’s business. […]
Darth Vader Is In This Post. Need I Say More?
My son was home for the second day in a row. All the other kids had gone to school. Even his baby brother was at preschool. It was just Middle Man and Mom. And his stomach bug. I have always felt guilty that he wasn’t the baby for very long. He was only five months […]
Why Not To Have A Party At Chuck E. Cheese
My baby turned five. My baby. My last child. When I brought my last child home from the hospital, my oldest child was only four. Not to mention those two kids in between. My goodness I am an overachiever. Or deranged. I asked my last child what he wanted to do for his impending birthday. […]
How To Be A Mother To A Daughter Who Is Slowly Becoming A Woman
Two years ago, my then second grade daughter came to me with a burning question. One of her friends had introduced her about a new word. THE word. The word that no mother wants her second grader to hear from a friend. But she had. She was so uncomfortable asking me that she couldn’t even […]
Earning My Old Lady Diaper Changes One Sick Kid At A Time
“Mom, I was so tired and cold all day.” Those were the first words that came out of her mouth when I picked them up from school. I didn’t think too much about it. Sometimes she has TINY inclination toward the dramatic. Then at home, she opted out of snack. Only eating a couple of […]
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