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I’m Officially Calling Off The Search And Rescue Team

May 30, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Number 6 can be kind of forgetful. Okay, that’s not accurate. He can be really forgetful. He’ll be eight in a couple weeks, so he’s not exactly a baby. But he is my youngest son, and I don’t know what it is about boys and their moms, but I will be the first to admit […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: forgetfulness and kids, rescuing your kids, teaching kids responsibility, tooth fairy

16 Pictures (Just About) All Parents Will Take

September 25, 2013 by not your average mom 7 Comments

16 Pictures (Just About) All Parents Will Take 1. the my-kid-made-a-big-f*cking-mess picture 2. the first-day-of-school picture 3. the I-smeared-my-food-on-my-face picture 4. the beach/vacation picture 5. the baby and the pet picture 6. the look-my-kid-is-sleeping-with-part-of-his-body-sticking-out-of-the-crib picture 7. the naked baby on the stomach picture 8. the how-the-eff-did-my-kid-get-there? picture 9. the first-birthday-cake picture 10. the let’s-dress-our-kids-up-in-matching-Christmas-stuff picture […]

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: beach, Christmas, costume, Halloween, mess, photos, pictures, powdered sugar, pumpkins, tooth, tooth fairy

If you build it, he will NOT come.

March 19, 2013 by not your average mom 6 Comments

I don’t know about you, but I don’t give a crap about St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t make green food, or green drinks, or green crafts. If you want to do your corned beef and cabbage, and Guinness, and whatever else,  go for it. But hey… Teachers. Leave my kids alone. Since when did leprechauns […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Easter, Easter Bunny, easter eggs, leprechaun traps, leprechauns, lunch boxes, lying to your kids, Santa Claus, St. Patrick's Day, tooth fairy

Getting my kids to help out around here is like pulling teeth.

January 22, 2013 by not your average mom 5 Comments

I’m really torn on the whole allowance thing. Right now, we don’t give the kids any. This sums it up for me: I don’t want my kids to expect to be paid for crap that you have to do no matter what. If you use the bathroom, then you clean it. For free. No one pays […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: allowance, loose tooth, money, tooth fairy

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