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Rage Against the Minivan
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Sleep-deprived rants about motherhood, adoption, politics, race, religion, social justice, and various other subjects that my mother warned me not to discuss in public.
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highlights from mom 2.0 summit

After our big trip to Florida a couple weeks ago, I got to head down to Miami for a few days to catch up with the Mom 2.0 Summit. I wasn’t planning on attending this year – I’ve been trying to reign ...

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friday finds 5/25/12

Here are some discoveries from this week: An organization called KidSave is seeking volunteers for their summer program for Colombian children in need of families. Every year Kidsave volunteers are a...

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my kids are going to change the world. with war and chicken nuggets.

I mentioned last week that we’ve been reading questions from the TableTopics Family Cube each night at dinner. It’s provided us with some interesting perspective on our kids. Some of it is not so fla...

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how to put children to sleep in the car

Karis would very much like to drop her nap, but since she is just barely three years old, she usually needs to sleep a bit during the day to avoid a meltdown at the dinner hour.  This has been a...

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working moms: what do you do with your kids over summer break?

After a long learning curve of scaring off blowing through nannies, our family finally got into a great childcare groove this year.  Jafta is the only of my kids in elementary school so far, but...

3 days seit

mothers of olympic athletes get a surprise from P&G

I mentioned in a previous post that P&G asked me to be a part of a their Thank You Mom campaign for the 2012 Olympic Games. I don’t do a lot of sponsored content on my blog, but being a part of a...

3 days seit

friday finds

Here are a couple discoveries from this week: I’m continuing to love Zulily as a source for quality educational toys and eco-friendly clothes.  Last week I ordered the Smart Tray system from Zul...

4 days seit

what I want you to know: families dealing with traumatized kids don’t need your judgment

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us...

5 days seit

DIY passport photos: the best way to take passport photos of small children

All six of us have expired passports, and I have a trip planned to Ethiopia, so it seemed logical to go ahead and renew all the passports at once.  This meant trying to get decent passport photo...

5 days seit

that’s what SHE said: weapons, relationships, self-worship, psych meds, chubby guys, and more . . .

click on the title to read the full story War. What is it good for? | Jillian Lauren And here’s the thing- as a storyteller, I naturally gravitate toward stories of battle. Because all good stories a...

20 Mai 12

that’s what she said: mother’s day edition

Why I Hate Mother’s Day | Anne Lammott I hate the way the holiday makes all non-mothers, and the daughters of dead mothers, and the mothers of dead or severely damaged children, feel the deepest kind...

20 Mai 12 1 person likes this

africa-bound in less than two months!

I’m excited to officially announce that I will be traveling to Ethiopia this summer along with Food for the Hungry, an incredible aid organization that serves at-risk children all over the world....

18 Mai 12

friday finds 5/18/12

Jafta got a new mohawk helmet this week and he is LOVING IT. It’s made by Raskulls, who make the adorable kids’ helmets in animal shapes (Kembe has their shark helmet and India has the pony version, ...

18 Mai 12

what I want you to know: shaming skinny women is not okay

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us...

17 Mai 12

mother’s day, then and now

I had a great Mother’s Day on Sunday. Let’s be honest – the best part of the day started the night before, when Mark offered to let me sleep in so I could continue my Downton Abbey marathon into the ...

16 Mai 12

what I learned about motherhood by being an adoptive parent

I wrote a guest post for the Huffington Post this weekend.  They are doing a Mother’s Day series, and asked me to write about what I’ve learned by being an adoptive mom.  Here’s an excerpt:...

13 Mai 12

where is the mommy-war for the motherless child?

If you watch the trends of media, whether it be print, internet, or tv, you’ve probably noticed that every couple of months there is a new version of the “mommy war” being played out.  Last mont...

11 Mai 12

what I want you to know: coping with miscarriage

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us...

10 Mai 12

go big and go home (disney days 5 & 6)

After our night of staying at the Magic Kingdom until 2am, you might think we would have taken a break from going back to the parks for a day. But we had 7-Day Park Hoppers, and we were going to milk...

09 Mai 12

the time the kids and I drank beer at Target

I’m a little bit Amish when it comes to soda and the kids. As a general rule, we don’t drink it.  A couple weeks ago, we did an Eli’s Lid shoot and these adorable little vintage Coca Cola bottle...

08 Mai 12

the agony and the ecstasy of disney world (social media moms day 3 and 4)

It’s hard to really do justice to the highs and lows of a Disney vacation.  Our time in the parks was 20% weaving through crowds, 20% yelling at the kids to stop whining/fighting/roaming off, 15...

04 Mai 12

getting out of the house this summer (a guide for hermit–prone moms of multiple small children)

This post is brought to you by GoGo squeeZ. When I only had a couple kids, I was pretty good at staying active and going on outings. Once my brood grew to four, it became increasingly difficult to ma...

03 Mai 12

the avengers: a review for parents

If you have a child who is a fan of superheroes, you’ve probably been hearing all about the new Marvel: Avengers movie coming out. And with good reason: Avengers features an all-star cast of superher...

02 Mai 12

raising a daughter who likes sports

This post is sponsored by P&G’s ‘Thank You Mom’ campaign. My boys have a very natural affinity for all sports. Most days will find both of them in the front yard, rotating between tossing a footb...

02 Mai 12

what I want you to know: life after rape

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us...

01 Mai 12

kristen likes grey likes baby

We are still away on our Disney World binge, taking a “Good Big or Go Home” approach to the greater Orlando area.  Last night we stayed at the Magic Kingdom until 2am, riding every single ride t...

01 Mai 12

disney social media moms celebration–day 1 & 2

We are having a blast here at Disney.  I think my kids are still in shock about how much bigger the Disney World complex is than Disneyland in California. Our first night here, we went to a pira...

29 Apr 12

default stress, and the fleeting nature of gratitude

Im going to reveal some not-so-flattering aspects of my personality in this post, so there is a little trepidation here . . . but maybe it will resonate with some of you.  I have a really diffic...

27 Apr 12

if you love someone, set them free (a tale of three lizards)

One night last week, Mark and the boys were off at Boy Scouts, and I was home with the girls prepping for dinner. I went to rinse off some veggies in the sink, and as soon as the water came on, a liz...

25 Apr 12

what I want you to know: overcoming childhood abandonment

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us...

24 Apr 12

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