Will’s birthday is coming up and my sister, who lives in Virginia, is ordering him some things from Amazon. She asked if she should have them wrapped. This made me laugh as nothing brings Will more joy than seeing a brown package at his doorstep. To him, the brown box is the wrapping! In fact, [Read More]
School Daze, Bad Mom Days
It’s the last week of school! I’m looking forward to not having to comb through Will’s backpack every night for 8,322 pieces of paper. Or monitor homework. Or worry about what’s being served each day in the school cafeteria. Recently we arrived home after the day and Will said, “Mom! You forgot to give me [Read More]
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$10 Well Spent
A while back I shared that Will and Sydney had been invited to be the ring bearer and flower girl in a wedding. Well, the wedding was this weekend and it went great! Surprisingly, the kids hung out up front during the whole ceremony. I thought for sure they would have taken me up on [Read More]
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Confessions of a Bad Mom
Here are my top 4 confessions of the past month: 4. I know I’ve let my kids watch too much Nickelodeon when I wake up singing Miranda Cosgrove’s “Kissin U” song! 3. Just now Sydney was looking for me and called downstairs to ask if I was down here. I didn’t answer. 2. Sometimes I [Read More]
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Sydney’s First Crush?
Sydney, almost 3 1/2, gave up her nap this March. It was so good while it lasted! So now we have instituted “rest time” after lunch, which means we lie on the couch and watch some TV. Recently we caught “Agent Cody Banks” on the Disney Channel. “I like his hair,” said Sydney, referring to [Read More]
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Bad Mother book
Ooo. While I’ve been busy (work, kids, life, what have you), one of my favorite mystery authors wrote a book that seems perfect for me: “Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace” by Ayelet Waldman. Here is the Amazon.com review: In the tradition of recent hits like The [Read More]
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Girls who Rock the World, Part II
I realize I haven’t shared any Sydney stories lately. That’s because I spend all my time being a bad mom to Will, but not Sydney. I’m kidding! A couple weeks ago we had some really windy Spring days. Sydney was sitting at her picnic table playing as the wind swirled around her. She looked to [Read More]
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Wanted!
Last week I shared how the librarian at our local library reprimanded Will for tossing around a 2″ plastic slinky while standing by the checkout desk. This week another librarian scolded him when he tried to sit on the check out counter, the check out counter where his 3-year-old sister was already sitting. I mean, [Read More]
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Killer Plastic Slinky
I was at the library checking out. Will was standing to one side of me, tossing up a small plastic slinky into the air and catching it. He tossed it above his head maybe 1 or 2 feet and then caught it with both hands. The older librarian who was checking me out started waving [Read More]
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Alex P. Keaton, Part II
If you read my post below, you know that recently Will and I negotiated a small payment for his upcoming performance as ring bearer in a wedding. I told the story of our negotiation to a friend, who is a mother and grandmother. “Whoa,” she said. “You didn’t give in did you? I would have [Read More]
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