For years I sat through Elmo and Caillou (ACK!) with my daughter. I’ve watched tween comedies like Liv and Maddie and The Loud House. My daughter, 11, even went through a savage Full House rerun phase. But I’m happy to report that those days are over (mostly). That’s because we are watching full-blown reality TV [Read More]
Remembering the Summer of 2007
Where were you the Summer of 2007? Can you believe that was ten years ago? Maybe your whole life has changed since then. Or maybe not. Ten years ago I had a baby and a four-year-old. My daughter was in that baby sweet spot, too. I’m talking about ages 6-9 months where a baby can [Read More]
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Observations from Beachfront Bargain Hunt on HGTV
I never thought my son and I would bond over HGTV’s Beachfront Bargain Hunt. Of course, thirteen years ago when he was born I was simply trying to keep him alive. And not run myself into the ground trying. But here we are all these years later hanging out and watching a real estate show [Read More]
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Modern Day Mom Confessions
Shhh. I have some modern day mom confessions to make. I have realized after hours of scrolling my Facebook feeds (no judgment) that one of these things is not like the others. That’s right. I’m an aberration to the Mama Nation. Why? Well, take a look at my modern day mom confessions and see if [Read More]
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To the Parents of Kids Who Watch Teletubbies
I was flipping through the channels when I saw it. Teletubbies. I gasped and started laughing. Teletubbies was back? Then, I had this thought: Oh, those poor parents. You see, I remembered that back in the late 1990s and early 200s, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La La and Po burst onto the scene and captured the [Read More]
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If Toddlers Ran the Morning News
Watching the local morning news is part of my weekday routine. I sip a cup of coffee and let the TV news anchors fill me in on what I missed while I was sleeping. Honestly, 99% of the time I seem to have missed a new cat video that went viral. And that’s it. Watching is [Read More]
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When Your Child Doesn’t Like to Read
If you believed everything you read on the internet, then parenting would be easy. Teach your child how to swim in 3 easy steps! Get your child to love vegetables with this 7-day plan! Turn your child into a bookworm in one hour! I tried everything on the internet–and under the sun–to instill a love of [Read More]
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Memorable Mom Moments
Terrific. Great. Just a couple words that describe how I feel this week about getting back into our family’s routine of school and work. Don’t get me wrong, the holidays were wonderful and I felt like we enjoyed a much-needed break. That said, by New Year’s we were starting to climb the walls and fight [Read More]
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Animal Planet DID WHAT?
What were you thinking, Animal Planet? On Friday night, I sat down with my kids, ages 11 and 7, to catch an episode of Tanked. My son, 11, loves Tanked and all the amazing fish tanks displayed on the show. Slightly before 8pm, during a commercial break, Animal Planet decides it was the perfect time [Read More]
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7 Life Lessons I Learned from the Facts of Life
I gave my daughter the “Jo” hairstyle last week: It made me happy to recreate that iconic hairstyle sported by Jo on the TV show the Facts of Life, even though my daughter had no idea who “Jo” was! But it turns out that the “Jo” hairstyle made you happy, too. All day long on social [Read More]
