I would like to thank actress Rachel Weisz for her candor about mommyhood in the December 2009 issue of Redbook magazine. Rachel is mom to a 3-year-old son. She comments: I think there is sometimes too much pressure on us to be perfect moms, to be empathetic and loving all the time. I feel like [Read More]
Good Moms buy toys, not Christmas cards
Update: I ordered these cards on Wednesday and got them Saturday. They look great! This was a lot faster than I expected, too. Now if some magical cabana boy would show up at my house and address all the envelopes. He could clean my house while he was at it, too! Both of my blog [Read More]
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Pee pee in the potty
You’ve heard the TV called the Boob Tube. I’m thinking of renaming it the Uro-Tube. Here’s why: Sydney has recently potty trained (WOO HOO!). We were eating dinner the other night and she had already been excused. We heard her go into her room and then we heard the scraping sound as she moved her [Read More]
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Gratitude with Attitude
The kids received Halloween cards from Grandma this week. Will ripped his open, gulped when he saw the green paper inserted inside, and anxiously whipped out his monetary gift. “Five bucks?” he exclaimed. “That’s it?” Nice! We had a little talk about gratitude after that outburst. Let’s hope it sinks in!
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Picking clothes and picking fights
I could hear them arguing in the hall. My husband’s voice boomed, “You are NOT wearing that to church!” My son replied at the top of his lungs, “Yes, I AM!” “No you’re not!” “Yes, I am!” “You do NOT wear a skeleton to church. That’s final!” Now I finally understood. My son’s shirt, while [Read More]
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A tale of two lunches
As we have settled into Will’s school year, I keep thinking this lunch thing should get easier. But it doesn’t. Some days he braves the cafeteria, usually when the menu boasts a dessert. Most days he takes a lunch. He also needs a non-allergenic snack for later in the afternoon. So the night before a [Read More]
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Talking with Sydney about Halloween
This week Sydney and I were in the car and started chatting about Halloween. “Mmmm, candy!” she squealed. “What’s your favorite type of candy?” I asked. “Um,” she said. Then nothing. “Is it chocolate? Lollipops? Mints?” I suggested. A moment later she said with a straight face, “Beer candy!” Then she giggled. And of course [Read More]
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Poop Sandwich
I have been trying to get in a groove with lunches for school. Most days I send Lunchables and I’ve also bribed Will a few times to try the cafeteria. On a recent day I packed him a good ol’ PB&J. After school that day, I checked in to see how lunch met his standards. [Read More]
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Bad school!
Yesterday morning I got in an argument with Will as he left for 1st grade. I wanted him to take his hat and make sure he wore it on the playground to protect his freckly goodness from the evil sun. “Mom, they don’t allow hats on the playground. Only in your backpack!” he cried. Ha. [Read More]
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Three days
I felt like a good mom for the 1st three days of 1st grade. Then reality hit. It was a good run, those 3 days. You see, Clifford the Big Red Dog came home with Will on Thursday. We were supposed to play with Clifford and document his adventures in our house in the class [Read More]
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