It glistened in the soft morning light. The single tear that fell from my daughter’s eye as she stood in our bedroom doorway. “Mommy, she didn’t come!” breathed my eight-year-old despondently. Then that single tear turned into a torrent. Oh, Fudge. The Tooth Fairy didn’t come last night. “Uh,” I stammered in reply, elbowing my husband awake. [Read More]
The Shocking Truth about Why My Kids are Redheads
They look at me. They look at my husband. They look at my kids. They look at me again. Then they look at my husband again. I know what they are thinking before they even ask it. They are about to pose the question I get asked at least once a month. “Where do your kids [Read More]
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Scout’s Honor
Tuesday night I sent my son and husband off to Boy Scouts, but not before I noticed something flapping around on my son’s chest. Turns out it was the Bear and Wolf patches on his Boy Scout uniform. So what? You ask. Well, he’s been a Wolf for 18 months now and a Bear for [Read More]
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Is that an iPhone 5?
Today’s story is courtesy of my husband. I love it when I’m not alone in my badness! This one’s for you, honey. My husband and son went on a Boy Scout camping trip last weekend. On the trip, they visited the lumberman’s monument. The monument is a “huge bronze memorial to Michigan’s lumbering era [that] [Read More]
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The hawk, baby ducklings, and Pool of Death (Disney Week)
I can’t make this stuff up, people. During our stay at Disney, we enjoyed a lovely room on the 4th floor at the Boardwalk Resort. It had 2 balconies and a view of the quiet, or leisure, pool. One day, at about 5 pm, we were relaxing in our room and heard some commotion outside. [Read More]
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Wordless Wednesday (Disney Week)
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The Bad Dad’s Princess (Disney Week)
If you’ve ever taken your family to Disneyworld, you know it’s both exhilarating and exhausting. This, of course, means it’s the perfect setting for misadventures in parenting. Today I share the first of 3 posts stemming from my fam’s recent trip to the Happiest Place on Earth. Because I’m a genius (!), I declare this [Read More]
