Uncategorized – Toulouse and Tonic https://toulouseandtonic.com Making my kids hate me one post at a time. Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:39:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.17 39181224 You Had Me at Foo Foo Fest! https://toulouseandtonic.com/foo-foo-fest/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/foo-foo-fest/#respond Fri, 19 Oct 2018 18:38:31 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com/?p=8481 I just discovered a gem of a festival here on the Gulf Coast! This truly unique fest happens in Pensacola, Florida. And you guys know we LOVES US a festival. This ones combines a bunch of stuff we love: history, culture and the arts, food, diversity, #saltlife, plus events for adults and events for families and kids! And […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/foo-foo-fest/feed/ 0 8481 Expecting Your Second Child And Freaking Out The First One Will Suffer? https://toulouseandtonic.com/mom-loses-mind-goes-psycho-over-bringing-second-child-into-family/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/mom-loses-mind-goes-psycho-over-bringing-second-child-into-family/#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:15:08 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2576 I found this unpublished post that I wrote right after Meyer came home from the NICU four years ago and I have no idea why I never published it. I suspect it has something to do with 5-7 doctor appointments per week at the time but anyway, I read it and remembered so clearly the […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/mom-loses-mind-goes-psycho-over-bringing-second-child-into-family/feed/ 0 2576 Why You Should Go To The Movies Alone https://toulouseandtonic.com/go-movies-alone/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/go-movies-alone/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:26:25 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=6499 Well into my adulthood, I’d never once been to the movies alone – nor even out to dinner by myself.  I thought it would be weird and that I’d feel creepy, lonely and maybe the worst – that people would think I was a friendless loser. But last night, I went to see Boyhood (by Richard […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/go-movies-alone/feed/ 4 6499 The P Word https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-p-word/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-p-word/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:56:19 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2619 A friend recently mentioned that her daughter had started to say the P word and that made me remember this little gem so I thought I’d reshare. And just for your own reference, ignoring it did eventually work. But it took a while. Read on. I’ve always known the day would come when my kid […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-p-word/feed/ 15 2619 The Proper Way to Accept a Gift You Hate https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-proper-way-to-accept-a-gift-you-hate/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-proper-way-to-accept-a-gift-you-hate/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2014 17:37:37 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=259 A couple of years ago, I gave my husband a Wii for Christmas.  He was very happy.  So happy in fact, that he played way into the wii hours (see what I did there?) of the night and was so focused on the TV screen, he almost burned down the house.  But more on that […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-proper-way-to-accept-a-gift-you-hate/feed/ 6 259 How To Sabotage the 3-Day Potty Training Method in 2 Days or Less https://toulouseandtonic.com/how-to-sabotage-the-3-day-potty-training-method-in-2-days-or-less/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/how-to-sabotage-the-3-day-potty-training-method-in-2-days-or-less/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2014 06:08:22 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=835 In honor (actually in horror) of the fact that I’m entering the potty training phase with child number 2 (heehee, I said #2), I thought it was time for me to reshare this little gem with you from my first potty-training attempt with Asher, when he was 2. We tried the 3 day potty training […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/how-to-sabotage-the-3-day-potty-training-method-in-2-days-or-less/feed/ 16 835 The Top 10 Sucky Things About Being Pregnant https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-top-10-sucky-things-about-being-pregnant/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-top-10-sucky-things-about-being-pregnant/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:00:09 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2038 I haven’t been pregnant in more than 2 years (ahem, thank goodness with how this one went down), yet this is still one of my most popular posts.  I guess it’s all you women who, despite all these sucky things about being pregnant, keep doing it again and again and again.  ; )  Sooo, I […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/the-top-10-sucky-things-about-being-pregnant/feed/ 33 2038 It’s Time To Go Back To School. #BlogU14 https://toulouseandtonic.com/time-go-back-school-blogu14/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/time-go-back-school-blogu14/#comments Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:30:41 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=5815 Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to go back to school and get a degree?  Well, good for you, but I can’t help you there. However, if your educational goals are a little looser and you’d like to wrap up your “degree” in a weekend and spend most of your time partying with new […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/time-go-back-school-blogu14/feed/ 4 5815 Colored People And Other Crazy Things Little Kids Say. https://toulouseandtonic.com/colored-people-and-other-crazy-things-little-kids-say/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/colored-people-and-other-crazy-things-little-kids-say/#respond Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:10:52 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=2700 This morning, while in my bathroom getting ready, I hear my almost-5-year-old yelling, “Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy!” from the breakfast table. Annoyed, I get up from my make-up mirror and walk in there. “What’s the issue?” I say. He says to me with bright eyes, like he just remembered a new thing he’d learned, “We’re […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/colored-people-and-other-crazy-things-little-kids-say/feed/ 0 2700 Talking to Strangers https://toulouseandtonic.com/talking-to-strangers/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/talking-to-strangers/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:34:13 +0000 http://toulouseandtonic.wordpress.com/?p=2675 Talking to strangers is, well, let’s be honest…not something I’m into. I’m not that big of a talker period. I don’t enjoy talking on the phone.  I don’t even enjoy talking in person much of the time. Every now and then, I’ll end up in an actual interesting conversation with someone and then I’ll think — […]

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