Happy Valentine's Day! I remember Valentine's Day back in elementary school. Like around 3rd grade. Decorating shoe boxes with paper doilies and glitter. Staring at the boxes of cards at th...
I have a friend, Debbie. Debbie wrote a book: Her book is called Parents Need to Eat Too: Nap-Friendly Recipes, One-Handed Meals, and Time-Saving Kitchen Tricks for New Parents. It comes out in two w...
This post is not about cleaning. I called it "housekeeping" but it really should be called "blogkeeping" but that isn't a real word and nobody would know what I'm talkin...
The other night I heard something about the 2012 Grammys coming up. That isn't important information. But it did give me the idea for this post... I am a parent, so I'm living the life of...
We go to Target® sometimes. I have a friend who goes there all the time. Her son thought up a dragon toy that had wheels for feet and breathed ice cream instead of fire. He said you could ride it ...
I've written about eating in a restaurant with kids. But this is different. This is about when it is just us two. This is what going out to eat was like, before kids: We didn't do this ver...
Crappy Papa and I often joke about how hard it is parenting smart kids. And we don't want to sound like those parents who say, "Oh goodness, my child is such a unique snowflake genius he w...
I think about my own childhood now that I'm a parent. Often. Of course I do, it is my primary frame of reference in all things childhoody. There are things I did that my kids will never do. I...
It is wrong to compare your kids and stuff. You know what I mean. Saying "little Johnny is a being good but little Timmy is being bad today" type comparing. I never make this mistake. In fa...
No text, just pictures today of a conversation that happened last week. Usually I share tidbits like this on Twitter or Facebook but I was feeling draw-y today. (Also, my mom has been visiting. This ...
I am a drug addict. I use uppers and downers. But only to make me a better parent. I never drank coffee before I had kids. At least not in a "Fresh Pots!" sort of way. We didn't even ...
I'm still recovering from the holiday break. It is hard to get back into the swing of things after you've slacked off for so long. Really? I'm expected to put clothes on my kids again...
Remember those days in 2011 when the laundry was done, the dishes were washed, the floors were mopped, the groceries were bought, your project was finished and the kids were napping at the same time?...
Since our families are a mishmosh, our winter holidays are custom-made. It is a jumble of food, festivities and fun. We like it this way. I can have my latkes and Rudolph too. Anyway, I'm unp...
I go to the bathroom sometimes. I know, it is really horrible of me. Neglectful even. I'm sure perfect moms store up their bowel movements for when they have back-up childcare. I'm going ...
So the holidays are around the corner and I thought I'd do a snobby "what gifts not to buy my kids ever" type post. Like when my 2 year old gets a gift that is for ages 10 and up. &qu...
Crappy Baby loves dump trucks. He fills his dump truck up with small toys and then dumps them out. And then repeats this process. That is how they work pretty much. He calls them "dumpers"...
Magical moment memories. Everyone has these. The funny thing about them is that there is often nothing particularly spectacular about the moment. Just a random snippet of a random day. An image perha...
It is a Saturday. We have no plans. Crappy Papa suggests we all go to the 2011 Car Show. The kids are excited! We find out that kids get in free! Bonus. It is in a convention center that holds mor...
Do you know what this is? A public toilet? Wrong. It is the enemy. It is especially the enemy of newly potty trained boys and girls, who are completely inept and unready to battle it. As are the p...
I'm going to geek out on you for a moment here over language stuff again. Specifically over hybrid words or portmanteau words. Which is when you take two words and combine them into a new word....
My in-laws are local so they babysit the kids sometimes. They actually remove the children from my house and take them to their house. It is a brilliant scheme. For me. When they bring the kids back...
Thanksgiving is tomorrow so we've spent a lot of time discussing what the holiday entails. About being thankful and spending time with family and the traditional foods we eat. Like turkey. We...
While I was taking a break last week, I spent a lot of extra time in my bedroom staring at my closet. Actually, I spent very little time staring at the closet. Most of my time was spent sleeping. But...
Recently, I asked the boys to "help clean up" the toy explosion family room. We all do it together. Crappy Boy asks: He asks me how many toys he has to pick up. He wants a specific number....
Remember when I wrote my Halloween post before Halloween and said that I wouldn't write about it after the fact because that would be "so last week" which would be uncool? Hi! We...
Just a quick note today to say THANK YOU! Remember when I kept bugging you to vote for this blog for that Parents Blog Awards thing? And you guys were super nice and voted? Turns out, we WON! Funnie...
(Thanks for all the well wishes on my last post. I'm feeling much, much better.) This happened a few months back. August, actually... I tell the kids that today, we are going on an adventure!...
Hi. I have mono. You know, the "kissing disease" that teenagers get? That makes them sick for three weeks? And then they stay home from school and sleep a lot and watch TV and it is actuall...
My post last week about Crappy Boy's non-belief in fairies, got me thinking about back when he did believe. It reminded me of a cute story from when he was tiny. I tell him we have a spec...
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