Last year on Thanksgiving, Number 7 really wanted to do an activity she had done in school with her classmates at home with her family. It was simple. She wanted everyone to write something they appreciated about someone else on a paper turkey. Luckily my dad was more than happy to help her trace and […]
Parenting
Mom, How Was Your Day Today?
Number 4 and I have a pretty good relationship. She’s 13 now, and she still likes to talk to me and hang out with me and do stuff with me. That makes me feel pretty good about the job I’ve done as a mom so far. She also describes me as “chill” to her friends […]
The Weed/Marlboro/Franzia/Cap’n Crunch Approach Is No Longer Serving Me
I had an a-ha moment yesterday. Let me back up a little bit first. I have been all over the place with my weight pretty much my whole life. As a high schooler, I never thought I was thin enough. In college I was on the swim team and I swam — a lot — […]
True Love
My parents have been married for 54 years. They were in the same kindergarten class, they started dating when they were 14, and they got married when my mom was 19 and my dad was 20. They were best friends in 1960, and they are best friends now. About two weeks ago, my mom was […]
21 Holiday Books To Read To Your Kids This Christmas
A couple weeks ago I put a question up on the Not Your Average Mom Facebook page asking readers to share their favorite Christmas books to read with the kids. There were so many great suggestions — we haven’t read most of them! I’m really looking forward to reading these this year. So I thought […]
Because You Don’t Do All The Stuff You Are Supposed To Do Either
In the last 24 hours, how many things have you done that you know you shouldn’t do? Or the other way around — how many things have you not done that you know you really are supposed to do? You know, like the not fun stuff. Did you floss your teeth last night? Did you […]