Sometimes your kids annoy each other on purpose and do shit over and over and over again and it’s infuriating because you know you have taught them right from wrong and they behave at school and are respectful to other adults and your friends will drive them home from practice or something and tell you […]
Parenting
Get Your A$$ To Bed
Making yourself a priority means taking care of yourself. Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean going away for the weekend because you are hours away from a nervous breakdown. Think about, for example, your car. This is really simplified and not the best analogy, but if you are taking good care of your car, you […]
There Is No Guilt In Taking Care Of Yourself
Okay Ladies. Enough is enough. It’s time for you to make yourselves a priority. I know how hard it is when you first become a mother. And I fully understand there is a period of time when all you might be able to manage is taking care of a newborn. But that phase should not […]
Seven Steps To More Helpful Kids
A couple days ago I tried an experiment, and I went live on Facebook while the kids took care of their “contributions.” That’s what I try to call them rather than calling them chores. Because it sounds a little bit less negative or like a punishment that way. Plus, I am trying to teach the […]
What We Are (Not) Doing On New Year’s Eve
I think I may have told this story before, but back in high school, I went to an epic New Year’s Eve party. It was at a girl’s house who was a year older than me. I was a junior, and she was a senior. I don’t know where her parents were, but they were […]
Our Christmas
We had a great Christmas. There were a couple minor meltdowns, but I credit those to the three little ones functioning on very little sleep because they were just SO EXCITED for Christmas. LIKE SO EXCITED. And seeing Number 4 who is twelve years old wanting to sleep later this morning, I know there are […]
