This past Saturday I found myself in an extremely rare situation. Number 5 and Number 7 were both at sleepover birthday parties. So there were only three kids home. Number 3 (14 years old) and Number 4 (13 years old tomorrow — can you believe it???) are pretty happy to spend time alone in their […]
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Words Of Wisdom From My Seven-Year-OId
It’s not officially the last weekend of summer, but school started last week and swim practice and baseball start next week so this weekend is pretty much the last hurrah for Summer 2019. It is a beautiful day here in CT today and a couple friends are coming over and so I just want to […]
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 […]
If I had to fight six other women to get my husband’s attention on a daily basis then I might act like a pretty big jerk, too.
Number 3 has been giving me a hard time. He’s being rude and disrespectful and full of attitude. I feel like all I’ve been doing lately is sending him to his room. Last weekend he had a cold. And then two days ago he got a cough which has gotten progressively worse. It was bad […]