Making my kids hate me one post at a time.
Hellions. Curtain-climbers. Tasmanian devils. These are just a few of the ways I occasionally refer to my wild boys. They’re the reason I look like I’ve been rolled in meth and tied down in a giant cage of drug-addicted rats by 5 o-clock every day. But the funny thing is (and by funny, I mean funny […]
The best way to create a magic Sucker Garden for your kids is to have someone else do it for you. On a visit to my in-laws, Asher’s Bimma (it stands for Big Momma, mmmkay?) handed him a clear plastic baggie of what looked like cupcake sprinkles one afternoon and had him strew them all […]
My husband is many things. One of those things is a good sport. Which is why he’s okay with me putting things like 8 Signs Your Husband is Annoying Your Around The House and The Top 10 Ways to Get Your Husband to Leave Work on Time all over the interweb. (And despite what some […]
I had my kids a bit later in life than I planned. Would I have liked to have had them earlier? Maybe. But I’m oh-so-thankful to have been blessed with these little stinkers regardless of the fact that they were a little fashionably late to the party. What’s weird about my experience being an “older” […]
Modern medical science has proven that it’s actually a good thing for babies and kids to get sick. Being exposed to germs from “others” helps their little bodies build the immunity they’ll need to get through life without becoming a victim to every germ they ever come into contact with. The #1 doctor-sanctioned way to […]
I’m a little obsessed with Halloween. Always have been. It’s not the scary stuff. It’s not the candy. For me, it’s all about playing dress-up. I may like who I am. But boy, do I like to be somebody else. And I don’t just dress up. I COMMIT to my character. If I’m Courtney Love, […]
“ For some reason, whenever Asher and Gabe role-play various scenarios, Ash always wants my husband to be a girl. He wanted his dad to be a “big old queen.” More recently, while playing superheros, he told Gabe he had to be Superwoman because his arms looked like a girl. And today, to really cap […]
If you have kids or just have anything a kid has ever colored on, threw up on, or otherwise shat upon, you might be interested in this site: shitmykidsruined. And while we’re on that subject, this is what greeted Gabe when he walked into Asher’s bedroom first thing yesterday morning. That limp purple thing was […]
