Here is a snack your kids will love. You’ll love it, too. Especially if you shop at Costco, because you can get all the ingredients there and make a whole ton of these. You will need this: 2 cups oats 1 cup peanut butter (the runny natural kind) 1/ 3 cup chocolate chips 1/4 cup […]
Archives for May 2016
But what if your kids would be happy to miss the bus?
Yesterday I wrote this post about how I was no longer going to get on my kids’ cases about getting ready for school in the morning because it was 1) ineffective and 2) driving me fucking insane. To quickly summarize, my kids know what it is they are supposed to do, but they just weren’t […]
I backed off my kids in the morning, and life got better for all of us.
Our mornings can be a little chaotic and even if I am fairly organized and everyone has all their stuff packed the night before, I inevitably find myself telling the kids to hurry up and get dressed! multiple times before the bus comes. Number 5 and 6 are on the same bus, and so they are […]
I’m not ready to be a mother.
Number 7 loves her blankie. Four four and a half years, it has gone with her wherever she goes. To country fairs. To a UCONN swim meet. In the crib while chillin’ with her big brother. Hanging with these two or with Mom. Watching the Memorial Day Parade. Goofing around with Number 4. In bed, of course. […]
I’ve got my dining room back (an impressive before and after).
My quest to finally get my house organized continues. You know that I was contacted a couple months ago by Sue Duval, the owner of the Organized Hive, and she offered to help me restore some order to my house. Actually, not restore it. Institute it. There has never really been much order. And before […]
5 Things
I have two pretty sick kids. One with a nasty chest cough thing and another puking her guts out, so the post I wanted to write will have to wait until tomorrow. So a couple quick things: 1.Every month the Top Mommy Blogs site resets its votes back to zero and the totals for the […]