You win some and you lose some, right? Yesterday I took Will to a Martin Luther King, Jr. symposium at the University of Michigan. He didn’t want to go. He didn’t know anybody and he kept telling me he wanted to stay home and play. However, in the real world many mommies have to work [Read More]
Let’s Talk About Barf, Baby
“Mom, is ‘bomit’ a bad word?” asked Sydney last night. “Bomit? Do you mean vomit?” Sydney nodded yes. “No,” I answered. “Vomit is not a bad word. It’s another word for barf.” “Oh,” she said. “Vomit is barf’s nickname.” Right on, Sydney!
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Red Boots and Whiskey
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]
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Ho Hum after the Ho Ho Ho
I bet all three of my readers have wondered if I’ve miraculously become a good mom. After all, I haven’t posted any harrowing tales in the last week. Truth is, I’m still an experienced bad mom. I just have the new year doldrums. Last week I couldn’t wait to get back to work. That makes [Read More]
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Holiday Butts
“Where are we going today?” asked my 4-year-old this morning. I’m home with her and her brother all this week. “To school. I wish it was miraculously open,” I wanted to say, but didn’t. “We have to go to the bank and the store,” I replied, “and I have to sit down at the bank [Read More]
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Merry Christmas to All!
Some days you might feel like a bad mom… and other days you don’t. But that’s motherhood, isn’t it? And I wouldn’t trade it for the world. (Maybe for a couple hours alone and uninterrupted bathroom visits, but for the world? No…) Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!
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Tangled in 3D
Last week I took the kids to see Tangled. “In 3D?” Will, 7, asked. “Uh,” I fumbled. Actually, no, I wasn’t going to take them to see it in 3D. Around here the theaters charge $2.50 more per ticket just to see a movie in 3D. That’s $7.50 extra I would have to pay for [Read More]
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Sugar and Spice?
This morning I was washing the breakfast dishes when Sydney came up to me in the kitchen. “Hi, Mom.” “Hi.” “Can I go downstairs to get something?” “Yes,” I answered, slightly annoyed that she was asking to go to the basement rather than just going. “I just want to get a key for a weapon,” [Read More]
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Thankful
The paper was not much to look at. In fact, I almost chucked it in the recycling. It was a darkly colored photocopy of a turkey, just another paper in the massive pile that comes home every evening in my son’s backpack. But then I looked closer and started reading the words. I’m glad I [Read More]
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Out of the Mouths of Babes
Sydney dressed for Church, 2009 Sydney, now a very grown-up 4-year-old, was with me in the car. We were listening to Christmas music (specifically the Rick Springfield Christmas album – oh yeah!). “This song is about God, right?” she asked. It was. Another song came on. “This song is about God, too,” she said. And [Read More]
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