I was at a birthday party with Number 7 for a girl in her class on Saturday, and I was sitting next to a mom I’ve never really spoken to. Since it’s the beginning of the school year, she asked me, as people often do in September, how Number 7 was liking school. I told […]
Archives for September 2017
I Stopped Rescuing And Started Finding Solutions
One of the things that often frustrates me as a parent is when my kids don’t deal with situations I know they are capable of handling on their own. But often this happens to us because in so many other situations, we have fixed the problem for them. It’s also hard to see your kids […]
A Sense Of Humor Is One Of Your Most Powerful Parenting Tools
I was voted the “Class Clown” my senior year in high school, and I like to find the humor in any situation I can. If you asked my friends to pick a couple words to describe me, there’s a good chance funny would be one of them. I mean, Not Your Average Mom started out […]
A Stupid Easy Way To Save Money If You Shop Online. Seriously.
About ten days ago, I did my first news segment on WTNH News 8. It was a back to school segment where I talked about ways you can save money on back to school stuff. (If you didn’t see it, you can watch it here: Not Your Average Mom On 4 Ways to Save on […]
The Shade Exchange
I wanted to share my latest power struggle with you. Because 1) I lost, and 2) in hindsight, I can see that I was being kind of unreasonable. Two nights ago, I went in to Number 3’s room to say goodnight to him. He was rolling up the shade on the window by his bed. […]
Eight Things I Do To Manage Five Kids In Three Different Sports
The madness has officially begun. School is back in session, the falls sports have started, and swim team is in full swing. I know I’m not the only one officially entering madness. Last week I shared this picture (via sportsmomshop.com)on the Facebook page, and it got a pretty big response. And a reader left this comment: […]