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Valentine's Day

There’s no shame in a plain, old card.

February 11, 2016 by not your average mom 6 Comments

When I first became a mom, I put ridiculous amounts of pressure on myself to do everything perfectly. And by “do”, I mean I had to do the most original Christmas card of everyone I knew. I had to do the best mural ever to be painted in any kid’s room. Whatever it was, it had to be […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: cards, Valentine's Day, valentines

To The Future Girlfriends and Boyfriends of My Sons and Daughters

February 14, 2014 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Dear Future Girlfriends and Boyfriends of My Sons and Daughters, Today is Valentine’s Day. I did not buy Valentine’s Day presents for my kids, your boyfriends and girlfriends, today. I did not give them cards. I did not decorate the house, or buy candy hearts, or chocolates, or make decorations out of doilies or construction […]

Filed Under: Humor, Parenting Tagged With: celebrating Valentine's Day with your kids, Valentine's Day

Shot down at preschool

February 12, 2014 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Number 5 is four years old. She goes to preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There is no school on Thursday this week because there is a five day break for President’s Day. So yesterday was the last day of school before Valentine’s Day. They didn’t have a party, but one little boy in the class brought […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Valentine's Day, valentine's day cards

10 Things I Do Not Want to See On Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2013 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Top 10 Things I DO NOT  Want to See on Valentine’s Day 1. Chocolate. You know I’m on a mission. 2. “Romantic” table decorations. I’m married. We all know that shit is for single people. 3. Any lunch box that looks even remotely like this one. You know how I feel about lunchboxes. 4. “Simple” and “easy” […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: candy, Kate Upton, Sports Illustrated, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day decorating, Victoria's Secret

Guilt. The gift that keeps on giving. ~Erma Bombeck

February 13, 2013 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Today is the last day to vote for me. It would be really awesome if all 2000+ of you clicked on this button, scrolled down to Not Your Average Mom, and voted. Really awesome 🙂 Last week we shot the next 2 episodes for Mother Bloggers. One of the topics was mom guilt. Well, yesterday […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: class parties, guilt, mom, mom blog, Valentine's Day

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