kids – Toulouse and Tonic https://toulouseandtonic.com Making my kids hate me one post at a time. Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:13:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.15 39181224 Daddy’s Parenting Wisdom https://toulouseandtonic.com/daddys-parenting-wisdom/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/daddys-parenting-wisdom/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2017 22:24:53 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=6218 This post was actually written 3 years ago but my  husband’s wisdom stands the test of time. Read it and weep (with laughter). This past weekend, I left my husband and the boys here to fend for themselves while I went to BlogU.  To their credit, I barely heard from them the entire time I was […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/daddys-parenting-wisdom/feed/ 4 6218 I Want To Go Back To College. And I Want To Be 18. https://toulouseandtonic.com/i-want-to-go-back-to-college-and-i-want-to-be-18-is-that-asking-too-much/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/i-want-to-go-back-to-college-and-i-want-to-be-18-is-that-asking-too-much/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:32:46 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8318 I’m having this huge battle with the green-eyed monster lately. Well, I exaggerate. It’s not a huge battle but it’s at least a small one. There may not be guns or I dunno, cannons involved, more like one person has a spoon and the other has a feather duster and they’re just kind of slapping each […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/10-ideas-free-summer-activities-kids/feed/ 2 8201 Top 10 Signs I Chose the Wrong Baby Daddy https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-10-signs-chose-wrong-baby-daddy/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-10-signs-chose-wrong-baby-daddy/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:29:11 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8232 This is a guest post by a friend of mine named Greta. She’s smart and funny and awesome and just happened to make a very bad choice in a Baby Daddy, so she thought she’d write about it for you. Did any of you choose the wrong baby daddy? *post contains affiliate links. If you […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/top-10-signs-chose-wrong-baby-daddy/feed/ 3 8232 Genius Tricks to Take the Stress Out Of Family Photos https://toulouseandtonic.com/ingenious-secret-make-taking-family-photos-stress-free/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/ingenious-secret-make-taking-family-photos-stress-free/#comments Thu, 26 May 2016 13:00:57 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8078 I recently learned a GENIUS TRICK to take the stress out of family photo shoots. Why is this important? Because taking family photos is always a trigger for someone, right? I’m not sure what it is, but somebody always freaks out and starts a fight, which sets you up for some not-so-good pictures. Sometimes the […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/ingenious-secret-make-taking-family-photos-stress-free/feed/ 1 8078 Be The Reading Mom Who Slays https://toulouseandtonic.com/be-the-reading-mom-who-slays/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/be-the-reading-mom-who-slays/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:29:48 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=8001 If you’re a parent, chances are you’re gonna end up being required lucky enough to go read to your child’s class at some point during the preschool or elementary years. The first time I was “lunch mom,” which is what they call it at my 8yo’s school (too close to Lunch Lady for my taste), […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/be-the-reading-mom-who-slays/feed/ 1 8001 Advice to Myself Before Marriage and Kids https://toulouseandtonic.com/advice-to-myself-before-marriage-and-kids/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/advice-to-myself-before-marriage-and-kids/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:00:58 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=7922 If only I could put this letter into a little time machine and send it back to me in 2003. I could’ve saved myself so much worry. I could’ve made sure I filled all those new worry-free hours with fun or “me” time. I could’ve squeezed the most out of having no one to worry about […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/advice-to-myself-before-marriage-and-kids/feed/ 2 7922 It’s a Mardi Gras Miracle! https://toulouseandtonic.com/its-a-mardi-gras-miracle/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/its-a-mardi-gras-miracle/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:16:34 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=7832 It’s officially Mardi Gras time here in Mobile, Alabama (we were first New Orleans, deal with it) and boy, does my family gets excited about Mardi Gras. I had a cold this weekend and decided to stay home (I have been attending these parades my whole life so if I miss one or two, it […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/its-a-mardi-gras-miracle/feed/ 1 7832 100 Funny Kid Quotes That Will Make You LOL https://toulouseandtonic.com/100-funny-kid-quotes-that-will-make-you-lol/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/100-funny-kid-quotes-that-will-make-you-lol/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2015 14:00:12 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=7371 Today, my 3yo told me he’d be right back, he was just going to the “diamond room” for a minute. As much as it might sound to you like we’re running a strip club in our home, I’m pretty sure he meant the room where we eat dinner. That’s just the beginning of the funny […]

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]]> https://toulouseandtonic.com/100-funny-kid-quotes-that-will-make-you-lol/feed/ 3 7371 12 Honest Wine Labels For Moms https://toulouseandtonic.com/12-honest-wine-labels-for-moms/ https://toulouseandtonic.com/12-honest-wine-labels-for-moms/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2015 05:01:21 +0000 https://toulouseandtonic.com//?p=7266 You can now buy honest wine labels for moms here! Let’s be honest, moms. We love drinking wine. We neeeed our wine. But sometimes it’s hard to figure out which one to buy from the mumbo jumbo about lemons, oak, artisan soil and huckleberry on the label, not to mention keeping your kids from breaking […]

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