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The Domino Effect Of Giving Your Kids Responsibility

January 24, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

People very often say to me, “I don’t know how you do it with so many kids at home.” Sometimes I don’t know how I do it either. It’s often a shakedown cruise here at my house. But sometimes, we are a (sort of) well-oiled machine. And it’s for one reason: our kids have responsibilities […]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Kids' Corner, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Timesavers, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: kitchen, Number 4, pancakes, responsiblity

Sometimes you are the role model for your kids. Other times, they are the role model for you.

December 26, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I have spent the past few months feeling like this panda. I haven’t completely stopped exercising or anything, but I also haven’t been training for any marathons or races, I’m coming out of a fairly significant bout of depression, and I’ve dealt with that and the stress of other stuff by eating. And eating. And […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Christmas, December, depression, goals, inspiration, motivation, Number 4, panda, weight loss

The Little Bear

December 22, 2016 by not your average mom 4 Comments

For the first time in the history of, um… ever, I have all my Christmas shopping done. And all of my presents are wrapped. It’s a Christmas miracle. Of course, that means that one of the kids was going to add something onto their Christmas list, something that they wanted MORE. THAN. ANYTHING. Number 4, […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Christmas, ipod, Number 4, presents, summer, the little bear

The solution is simple.

December 13, 2016 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Yesterday I lost it on the kids a little bit. They deserved it. But I felt bad about the way I handled the situation later. And when it comes down to it, their behavior isn’t really their fault. It’s mine. Because while I know they are capable of behaving better, they aren’t. And when they […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: behavior, mindful, Number 3, Number 4, present, situation

Number 4’s debut and a new feature on the blog!

December 6, 2016 by not your average mom 5 Comments

A month or so ago I wrote a post declaring that I wanted to start reading again. Before I had kids I used to read all the time. Then the kids came, and they kept coming, and I didn’t have the time or the desire or the energy to read anything for a sustained period of […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: book review, middle school, Number 4, out of my mind, reading, Sharon Draper, swimming

If it isn’t my kid, it’s gonna be someone else’s.

December 5, 2016 by not your average mom 4 Comments

About a week ago, I received a message from a woman I have never met. She informed me that although Number 4 had actually spoken to her daughter, she had told a couple of her daughter’s friends that Santa Claus wasn’t real, and then she continued with, “I was hoping maybe you could ask her […]

Filed Under: Funny Stuff, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: lying, Number 4, Santa, school, truth

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