I don’t know if this is happening in your town, but where I live we have entered the Case-it debate phase of the year. If you don’t have children in school yet or your kids are finished with school and have left the nest and you have no idea what a Case-it is, it’s basically […]
Parenting
How To Be The Perfect Parent — Ten Lessons From The Experts
I remember the first time I wrote a post and was completely filleted by a reader. It was five years ago, and being new to the whole world of blogging, I had never even heard the term troll before. Not in reference to something posted online, anyway. Five years later, it has been made very […]
They Are Watching
This morning I went for a run. I left the kids at home. I told them I’d be gone for about 45 minutes, and I gave them two simple directions: Do your jobs, and don’t kill each other. I ran a little over four miles. It was some alone time and some brain therapy and […]
There Are Benefits To Being Broke
When Number 3 and 4 were little, like 1 and 2 years old, I would often take them to the mall with my dad, and we’d walk around and I’d push the two of them in the stroller. We’d do this a couple times a week, and we’d stay at the mall for a couple […]
Mom Fail #1,877
We have two elementary schools in our district. One is for the kindergarten and first graders, and the other is for the second, third and fourth graders. In 8 days — EIGHT DAYS — we start school Thank you, Jesus. Every year, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade school has a meet and greet day. […]
The Five Minutes A Day Challenge
When your kids are pushing your buttons and driving you insane and testing your very last bit of patience, the usually aren’t trying to intentionally piss you off. They are trying to send you a message. They need some attention. If anyone can relate to this, it’s me. It’s probably my biggest challenge as a […]
