Morning Mommy Blunder
This morning, my natural inclination to be a control freak overruled my desire for my daughter to learn to make her own decisions. Here’s how it went down: 6yo: (carrying… Read more »
There’s a Snake in My Boot!
Ok, well, not a snake. A rock. You know that feeling when you’ve gotten a pebble stuck into the tread of your shoe, so it makes you feel like your… Read more »
I’m So Not Crafty, and It’s OK
I am not a crafty mom. It’s not because I can’t be crafty, it’s because I just don’t like doing crafts. Yeah right, you’re probably thinking, she’s probably lousy at… Read more »
My New Favorite Blog
Whenever I’m feeling blah or sad, if I head over to www.damnyouautocorrect.com, I can count on laughing out loud. Recently, I found a blog that does the same thing for… Read more »
How the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Make Me Feel Old
The other day, I was talking to some friends of mine. They are both male and both are teachers, although they haven’t been teaching long. I’m guessing they are in… Read more »
How (I Think) We’ll Survive Daylight Savings Time
I love Daylight savings time when it’s in the fall. It used to fall on the weekend of my birthday, which was extra awesome. Now, it falls a week later… Read more »
And That’s News Because…..?
About a week ago, our local paper (which I refuse to pay for because it’s trash, but read for free in the school library) featured a story on the front… Read more »
What I Really Said (In my imagination, anyway)…..
What actually happened: While sitting on the passenger side of my mothers-in-law’s car, waiting for my daughter’s school bus to arrive at the usual stop, a little boy who looked… Read more »
Avoiding the Uglies – shopping for Easter
My mother-in-law and I took the kids shopping for Easter outfits this evening. It was a very successful outing, with both kids coming home with very nice, age-appropriate outfits… Read more »
Out of the Mouth of Babes…..
This exchange between my 6-year-old daughter and me happened a while ago, but it’s still totally worth posting: So we’re standing in the make-up aisle of the local drug store… 6yo: (points… Read more »