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You’ve Been Elfed — How We Are Going To Practice Kindness This Holiday Season

November 13, 2017 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Yesterday was Sunday, and Number 4 had a cross country meet about forty-five minutes away from our house, and Number 5, 6, and 7 had to come watch. It was chilly and not especially exciting for them, and I so I promised them that we’d make popcorn and sit on the couch in our pajamas […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: bully, Christmas, Christmas movied, elf, elfed, elfing, elving, family, The Christmas Project, you've been elfed

Don’t Wait For Your Family To Give You A Mother’s Day Gift

May 14, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

On Mother’s Day,  Facebook is flooded with articles of What Moms Really Want For Mother’s Day. For most of us, it’s nothing major.  It’s a day where we don’t have to take care of anyone else. Where we can sleep and have some alone time. An opportunity to recharge. But for many of us, it’s […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: family, gymnastics, hotel, massage, mom, Mother's Day, Mother's Day gifts, presents

I live in the Land Of The Free, and that’s the way I’m going to parent.

July 4, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

This morning I went for a run. And being the 4th of July, Independence Day, I was thinking about this holiday. I was thinking about how one of the greatest things about this country is that we have freedom. And then as I was running I started thinking about how, in this country where we have […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: 4th of July, attendance, bikini, cell phone, defensive, family, freedom, hiking, hot dog, independence day, neighbor, politician, school, suburban, teachers, ticks

Dear Not Your Average Mom: Is our family complete?

May 11, 2015 by not your average mom 8 Comments

Dear Not Your Average Mom, You have 7 kids. That is impressive. My dilemma right now is this: I have 3 kids… one is from a previous relationship… I have a wonderful husband and we have 2 little boys together. The dilemma is should we have another one? There are a MILLION and ONE reasons […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: advice, ask NYAM, complete, dear not your average mom, diaper, family, is our family complete, Not Your Average Mom, should I have more kids?

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