By Wednesday night I was back to my bad mom ways in full force. When I picked up the kids at daycare, I grabbed some red snow boots that I thought were Will’s. When we got home and unloaded the car, I stared at those little red boots thinking they looked too small to be [Read More]
Lies My Bad Mother and Father Told Me
Christmas (and a Christmas dress!) from last year Here’s a couple lies that we told this week, all in the name of good parenting. First, my lie: last Christmas I bought Sydney 2 dresses, one in size 3T and one in size 4T. She wasn’t with me when I shopped and they were on sale [Read More]
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Snack Attack
Children of good moms ask for snack in this way: “May I please have a snack? Why, yes, Goldfish in a small bowl sounds delightful.” My kids ask for snack like this, as demonstrated recently by Sydney, 3: “I want Goldfish in a box. The whole box. And I’m not sharing.” Sydney, 1, started her [Read More]
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Giving Thanks
Thanksgiving is fast approaching, so it makes sense that my thoughts should turn to giving thanks: for my kids, my husband, my life, everything! One of my favorite authors, Corrie Ten Boom, wrote about giving thanks in even the worst situations. For instance, she and her sister, while imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, gave [Read More]
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There’s Smart…Not Really
You know you’ve let your preschooler watch too much TV (in this case, Nickelodeon) when she’s quoting the recent KMart commercial: “There’s smart, and then there’s KMart smart!” Bad Mom solution: Turn the channel to PBS or Disney where they don’t have commercials!!
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A Belated Happy Halloween!
Halloween came and went in our house with the expected excitement, fun, and sugar highs. I caught my husband rifling through the kids’ loot, though. “They’ll never know,” he declared as he snuck a Reese’s peanut butter cup. “Move over,” I said. “The Almond Joy is mine!” At least we are in bad parenting good [Read More]
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In the Red
Remember this from a few weeks ago? It’s a picture of the gazillion pieces of paper that I have to manage as Will, 7, navigates 2nd grade. This week his teachers added a student planner to the mix. Every night Will now brings home a planner in which he has written his homework assignments and [Read More]
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Books for Sydney
Sydney and I were at the library. I started giggling to myself when I realized how BAD I am. Often she pulls out a book from the shelf and tells me she wants it. Of course, she takes about a half-second before she moves on and pulls out another book that she must have. Meanwhile, [Read More]
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Are you kidding me?
The picture above was taken last week. It shows 6 days worth of 2nd grade paperwork sent home with my son. I know that teachers’ jobs are hard, but do they have to make my job as a parent so much harder, too? Really. These papers are all instructions to the parents about the book [Read More]
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Two Days
Just a quick update that school started Tuesday (Will’s in 2nd grade and Sydney is in a new preschool group). It took me all of *2 days* of school before I had to go through the drive thru of McDonald’s to pick up dinner. What else was I supposed to do? Chad, my lovely husband, [Read More]
