Making my kids hate me one post at a time.
I know that sounds like a new dance but it’s not. At least, not yet. Today, the little girl that broke my son’s heart decided after a couple of months that she wants to be his girlfriend again. He is ecstatic. Like soul-singing happy. It’s strange because he talked about his broken heart for a couple […]
It’s been one year since our poor Mr. Jingles left us so tragically. A poor Elf on the shelf, gone way too soon. (For some people, but not for me.) Yes, it’s true. The Elf on the Shelf is dead. We are gathered together today to pay tribute to one of the fallen, Mr. Jingles. […]
Since my youngest boy became verbal, I’ve found that I mostly use only a handful of words, phrases and sounds on a daily basis – most of them meant to either stop a fight between the two boys or get them to stop making all the sounds. *post contains affiliate links I really think that […]
* Post may contain affiliate links They’re so sweet at our bank. Every time I go through the drive-thru with the kids and dog, they pass back a sucker for each kid and a milk bone for the dog with my deposit slip. Man, my kids and dog LOVE to go to the bank. I, however, […]
**posts may contain affiliate links Mike is back with a “What He Said” entry that’s definitely one of my favorites in a long time. I’d only gotten to #1 and I was LOL. This one is about those bad things kids do – and while you’re correcting them on the outside, you’re laughing your ass […]
I recently ran across this post of mine from about a year and a half ago and couldn’t stop laughing. My husband and I – our communication is bad but somehow it works for us. Read on for guaranteed LOLs. “Is zis a mas freezer man?” Gabe says to me as he passes through the […]
Before I became a stay at home mom, I was a career gal for a looong time. I was used to the satisfaction of efficiently checking things off my list as I went through my day. But then I had a baby, decided to stay home with him – and everything changed. Everything except my […]
Last week, I wrote How To Stay Sane at Disney World, including tips about saving money and scoring that cocktail you need, even in the Magic Kingdom. We had a really great time at Disney World and Universal Studios but there is definitely an art to doing it right (read: not losing your entire wallet and […]
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