1. Teach kindergartener how to tie her shoes. 2. Buy book about teaching kindergartener how to tie shoes. 3. Do not roll eyes when other parents realize I haven’t taught my kindergartener how to tie her shoes and they say stuff like, “Simeon has tied her shoes since she was 3 years old. She taught [Read More]
My Universal Truths of Motherhood
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]
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]
Unsmart
I’m working on getting my 5-year-old to dress herself. I think I’m still hovering over her because she’s my youngest. My son Will, who’s now 9, was dressing himself from age 3 1/2 on simply because I had his baby sister to attend to. But it’s time to cut the apron strings! So the other [Read More]
I Think I Know What That Is
On Friday, I shared this picture on my Facebook page: I can’t take credit for it (thankfully!), but I could totally see my 9-year-old doing the same thing on a spelling test. In the same vein, I’m sharing a story from Friday night. It was a beautiful fall evening in Michigan. My family was attending [Read More]
Stuff My Kid’s Soccer Coach Says
Last spring my daughter played a preschool version of soccer where little kids kicked a ball around for an hour. This Fall, Sydney is playing in a recreational soccer league. She’s in a coed division of kindergarteners where they actually play games. (Well, they play games as much as 5-year-olds can be expected to play [Read More]
Free Tiny Prints Thank You Cards
What’s something that can make even me feel like a good mom? Free thank you cards! In my dreams, I imagine me and my kids taking an adorable thank you card from the stock of thank you cards I have on hand and lovingly scribing words of thanks to anyone who gave a birthday or [Read More]
I’m bento out of shape about Dean McDermott
Dear Dean McDermott, Aren’t you the guy who married Tori Spelling? You really haven’t been on my radar, but then I stumbled on your blog. In particular, I found myself reading your post Think Outside the Brown Bag, which is all about making food cute and packing it in cute bento boxes. Dean, I’m going [Read More]
A Sibling Story (or what I called my brother after he pushed me)
Will, 9, pushed Sydney, 5. It was over something trivial. She got mad. “You’re a big butthead who doesn’t like chicken nuggets and doesn’t like yourself!” she yelled. So, there!
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