I never thought that I would be flipping through a rack of shirts, all size Small, with such fervor. After all, I wear a size Large. (Remember the times I have bemoaned being a tall woman?!) Plus, I didn’t even need a shirt. But there I was, at my teenage daughter’s request, hunting for small [Read More]
10 Things I Loved about Chaperoning the Middle School Trip to Toronto
Four years ago I chaperoned my son on his middle school trip to Toronto. It was two jolly days filled with boisterous, obnoxious tween boys who lived life to the fullest every moment and never listened to me (also every moment). So it should come as a complete, total surprise that I decided to chaperone [Read More]
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The Funny Truth About Spam
Have you looked in your spam folder lately? Those messages are comedy gold, people. Here’s a sampling from my own spam box, for your entertainment. The spam about 2.5 million dollars Greetings, I am Mrs Anne BRUNO, base in Cote d’Ivoire I write to relate to you of my intention to use my money 2.5 million [Read More]
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Ke$ha, Money, and My Kids
Those of who have been hanging around my blog for a while know that my 9-year-old son has a long history with money. This is the kid who as a toddler I had to pull out of a fountain at Magic Kingdom because he was picking  the coins out of it. This is the kid [Read More]
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Money is Gourde, I Mean, Good
I brought back some Haitian currency from my trip. My kids, ages 9 and 6, aren’t huge collectors of foreign money, but I thought they would find it interesting. Sydney looked and touched the money for about 10 seconds. Then she moved on with her life. Will examined the Haitian money a bit longer. “It’s [Read More]
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I Am Mother, Hear Me Fund Raise
There’s classes on how to care for your newborn. Classes on how to use a car seat. There’s a class to teach you how to breastfeed. But nowhere have I seen a class for one of the most important skills you’ll need as a parent: how to fund raise. Yes, it’s that time of year [Read More]
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Me and the Tooth Fairy Just Don’t Get Along
Last week both my kids, ages 5 and 9, lost a tooth. And last week both kids expressed a “This is it?” attitude when they found $1 from the Tooth Fairy the next morning. Not enough kids? Grrr! Which leads me to today’s hilarious “Wit and Wisdom” guest post from Adrienne at The Mommy Mess. Adrienne originally [Read More]
