I had one of those mornings. The kind where you get up too late, and then you are scrambling and you just can’t catch up. Where you are trying to fill out the permission slip you should taken care of the night before and then making the lunch for the kindergartener you should have made the […]
Life at My House
A little too close for comfort.
Do you ever have one of those parenting near misses? The kind where you caught your kid doing something really bad? Something that could have been beyond disastrous? But Thank God, you caught the kid just in the nick of time? But then all you can do is conjure up every single God-awful scenario that could […]
I don’t have a favorite child. But I often have a least favorite one.
I remember an article circulating around a while back written by a woman admitting she had a favorite child. I never actually read it, but I think it pretty much said that we all have a favorite kid. We just don’t admit it. I have been thinking about this favorite child thing for a long […]
The Top 10 Things My Kids Said To Me This Week.
10) Mom, my teacher is a little prettier than you. And A LOT skinnier than you. 9) Mom, you smell disgusting. 8) Mom, when I get married, do you think my wife will be like you? I hope she is. 7) You’re a stupid mommy. Stupid mommy. Stu. Pid. Mom. Eeee. 6) Mom. Gross. Put […]
When You Are An Optimist, You Look At The Toilet As Half Full
Last night, as I was doing a little work in the office, Number 4 tiptoed up behind me and then very quietly sat down next to me. She wasn’t talking, which was unusual. She just sat there, staring at me, and exhaling heavily. Before I finish that story it’s important to note that we have […]
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I have had one of those days. One of those days where your kids are sick. Where they are cranky because they don’t feel well. And even crankier because they slept like crap the night before. One of those days where one of your kids pukes all over herself. And all over the bathroom. And […]