When I woke up this morning I’d say I was already in the orange. Because it’s Number 7’s birthday today. Suddenly all of our diaper change wrestling matches are appealing to me. The food on the floor doesn’t bother me. Her desire to shove any and all things into her mouth now seems cute. And I […]
Archives for October 2012
tip of the day — papersaver
My 2-year-old loves to do “homework” with his older brothers. With 5 kids in school, a ridiculous amount of paper comes home every afternoon. Now I give him the older kids’ corrected papers to “work on”. He feels like a big boy with “real homework”, and I don’t waste any paper!
Take me out to the ball game.
I was woken up 3 times last night. There was a crying baby at 1:45 a.m. I had almost gotten back to sleep when a 7-year-old was in need of water at 2:30 a.m. And then at 3:15, there was a 3-year-old who couldn’t find her blankie. Every time I was almost back asleep, someone made sure it didn’t […]
baba o’riley
Teenagers. Now we have 2 of them. Number 2 turned 13 yesterday. When people find out how many “little” kids we have, they often say, “Oh, you’ve got your hands full. It will get easier.” Hmmm. I don’t think so. When they are teenagers, your title changes instantaneously from “Coolest Mom Ever” to “Lamest Mom […]
tip of the day — easy decorating idea for kids’ rooms
A lot of people have their kids’ initials or names spelled out with these inexpensive white wall letters:They are only $6.99 at Babies R Us. I made mine a little more personalized. I spray painted Number 4’s to match the picture frames in her room. Number 3 was in a dinosaur phase, so I let him decorate […]
Take this fundraiser and shove it
Hey preschool… I don’t want to buy a delicious frozen dessert. Hey middle school… I don’t want to purchase a subsrciption to Family Fun magazine. Or People en Espanol.. Hey elementary schools… I don’t want to buy an Italian measuring jug. Or 2 square feet of wrapping paper for $150. Or all-beef sausage. Yes, that’s correct. […]