Recently my 5-year-old was looking for a toy. She couldn’t find it anywhere. She described it down to the very last detail. I vaguely remembered it and then realized it was a toy she hadn’t played with in forever. It reminded me that there are certain universal truths of motherhood. These include: 1. The toy [Read More]
Kids Hear the Darndest Things
Have you seen Oswald? He’s a blue octopus with his own show on Nick Jr. Sydney was watching an episode recently about Oswald and his friend taking a wagon full of trash to the dump. “Let’s take this to the dump,” Oswald said cheerfully at one point. My 9-year-old son looked up from his DSi [Read More]
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Poop Sandwich 2012
It’s the last week of school in our neck of the woods. That means there are numerous year-end events: talent shows, recitals, parties, etc. But what’s missing, and has been since September 2009, are any peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in my son’s lunch. No, it has nothing to do with allergies. The reason my [Read More]
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Things I Regret Teaching My Children
I’ve heard Moms and Dads express regrets. That they didn’t enjoy the little things with their kids. That they yelled at their kids when they shouldn’t have. That they didn’t savor the time they had with their kids before they grew up so fast. Well, my regrets are a bit different. I regret teaching my [Read More]
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Experienced Bad Mom Welcomes The Ultimate Blog Party 2012!
Eek! I’m late. The Ultimate Blog Party 2012 started last Friday and here I am coming to the party on Monday. Oh, well. It’s not like I’m claiming to be the most punctual, awesome blogger out there. In fact, my blog is a tongue-in-cheek look at all the ways I’m a bad mom. I decided [Read More]
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Girl Talk
This morning Sydney and I were getting dressed for the day in my room. “This. shirt. can’t. fit. over. my. big. head!” she said as she struggled to pull a Tinkerbell shirt over her head. Then she got silly. “Shirty shirt. Pants pants. Poophole. Poophole. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!” “Sydney,” I said sternly [Read More]
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Poop Sandwich–An Update
Just a quick update that my son STILL refuses to take a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in his lunch to school. Back in September, he claimed the PB&J that I packed had poop on it and he threw it away. Yup, that’s right. Poop. I can *guarantee* you I did not put poop on [Read More]
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Sanitation Engineer?
Sydney has really taken to checking the cat’s litter box every day. “Oooo,” she squealed this morning. “He’s poopy!” She holds the plastic bag while I scoop the poop and pee chunks out of the litter box. After about 4 clumps were in the bag this morning, she shouted, “Look! It’s a party!” How could [Read More]
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The Potty Book
Today is the last school day before a 2-week Christmas/Winter break! I’d like to thank the archaic school system for giving the kids two weeks off when pretty much all of their parents work outside the home these days, and don’t have two weeks off. I digress. I signed up to read a holiday story [Read More]
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Yup, you guessed it. Still more about poop!
There are at least a couple instances in this story where I should have made different, need I say better, decisions in my role as mother. Sydney was a bit feisty last night about going to bed. I rocked her a few minutes and put her in her crib, but I wasn’t going to spend [Read More]