The picture above was taken last week. It shows 6 days worth of 2nd grade paperwork sent home with my son. I know that teachers’ jobs are hard, but do they have to make my job as a parent so much harder, too? Really. These papers are all instructions to the parents about the book [Read More]
Dancing with Wedgies
Sydney, age 3, has started Creative Movement classes at a local dance studio. We went shopping a couple weeks ago and bought her ballet shoes and a new leotard. Cute! Today was her second class. As she jumped and twirled around the room, I couldn’t help but notice she had a giant wedgie and her [Read More]
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Experienced Bad…School?
It’s back to school time and Will is now in 2nd grade. Last night as he was getting dressed for bed, I started chatting with him about his day. “What was your favorite thing you learned about in school today?” He stopped putting on his jammies and smiled. Then he stuck his butt out. He [Read More]
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Two Days
Just a quick update that school started Tuesday (Will’s in 2nd grade and Sydney is in a new preschool group). It took me all of *2 days* of school before I had to go through the drive thru of McDonald’s to pick up dinner. What else was I supposed to do? Chad, my lovely husband, [Read More]
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Carry Me
Sydney in her favorite spot: being carried! Sydney is at that age (3) where she’s really not a baby, but she’s not a big kid either. She still likes to be carried, especially this weekend when our family went for an extended walk in the local botanical gardens. I heard Sydney ask Chad, “Carry me!” [Read More]
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“Reading Pointers”
I was reading the September issue of Parenting magazine when I stumbled across this little ditty: “When you read to your kids, try running your finger along the individual words you’re sounding out. In a recent study, preschoolers who were read to this way had significantly higher print-knowledge scores after only 30 weeks.” Now if [Read More]
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Paper or Plastic
I took Sydney with me to the grocery store for a weekly shopping trip. She wanted to use one of those carts that resembles a race car. Fine by me. We loaded it up with our weekly wares: food, cat food, TP, etc. I also got a 6 pack of beer. At the checkout, the [Read More]
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A Vacation Anniversary
Waiting for a water taxi in Chicago last year A year ago we went on a vacation to Chicago. What fun we had visiting Navy Pier, taking the Amtrak train, riding the water ferries, shopping on Michigan Avenue, going to Shedd Aquarium, etc. “Do you remember where we were a year ago?” I asked Will [Read More]
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God’s Wand
Today’s story is sweet, in my opinion. So how does that work into my overall blog theme of me being a bad mom? Let’s just say I’m now one of those annoying mothers who thinks everything her child does is wonderful and tells everyone about it, whether or not they want to listen! Sydney, 3 [Read More]
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Today’s Highlights
As if I needed further proof that I am a bad mom, here are 2 highlights from today (and it’s only noon): 1. Sydney, age 3, called her brother a “stupid ass”. 2. Will insisted on riding through the grocery store sitting atop the kiddie cart shaped like a police car. I gave up trying [Read More]
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