This past weekend was my birthday. My kids, ages 7 and 4, presented me with a birthday card which they selected themselves. Here is a picture: I’m so proud!
The Elf on the Shelf – sometimes!
Last year I started the Elf on the Shelf tradition in our family. For those of you unfamiliar with this holiday tradition, here is a brief description: The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition is an activity the entire family will enjoy. Based on the tradition Carol Aebersold began with her family in the [Read More]
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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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Pardon the Interruption…
I spent Thanksgiving week with my sister, her 2 kids, and my parents. Familypalooza 2010 is now in the record books and was a fun-filled week! Turns out my sister has never heard of Ebates, a shopping site that gives you a percentage of your purchase back. There’s really no catch. Just go to Ebates [Read More]
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Happy Thanksgiving
I’ll be gone for the week, staying with my family out west to celebrate Thanksgiving. As I write this, my kids and I are ensconsed in the guest bedroom trying to be quiet since the latest we could sleep in was a mere 5:18 am. Darn that time change! I’m thankful for the portable DVD [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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Tomato Kevin
November has arrived in Michigan along with the requisite gray skies, cold temperatures, and huge squirrels. We have already had several frosts and our growing season is long-gone. Sydney, 3, and I were outside playing when she noticed the tomato plants in our garden from this summer. “Look!” she cried. “There’s a red one. I’m [Read More]
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Anchorman: The Legend of…Sydney?
Chad’s favorite movie is Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy. It’s a silly, total guy film starring Will Ferrell. It’s rated PG-13 for sexual humor, language and comic violence. In other words, it’s not something you want the kids watching! Chad likes it so much that he quotes the movie freely: “I love poetry, and [Read More]
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