Tag: humor
The Mom Olympics
The 2016 summer Olympics in Brazil are just around the corner and I am super excited!
I love the Olympics, both winter and summer. For the...
What’s In Your Planner?
I have a new day planner.
Yes, I know we are a month into the year. I will have you know this is a replacement...
Never Would I Ever
I will never do that when I have kids.
It’s a popular cliché, the idea that in the rosy pre-child-invasion phase of life we make...
My Top Five “What Were They Thinking?” Toys
I was driving home one day after picking up both of my boys from childcare. As usual, my oldest was chatting away about different things...
How to Bake a Pie in 61 Easy Steps
1. Sign up to bake a pie for a party.
2. Immediately realize that you have never made a pie before, unless you count the...
Choose Your Own Adventure: Parenting Edition
Parenting is a series of choices.
Your basic job as the person raising this child is to make the initial decisions that will chart the...
Germs and The Day I let my Kid eat off the...
When our son was born I stocked an arsenal of antibacterial products. The mere thought of bacteria and our perfectly healthy, first born son...
Life with Resting Grumpy Mom Face
Grumpy: surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
"grumpy." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 15 Oct. 2015. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grumpy>.
I am not a grumpy mom.
I...
13 Reasons My Little Girls Were Crying This Week
I hate crying.
I mean, personally. If you need to sob it out, please go ahead, I will get you a tissue and offer an...
Time to Confess
Let me start by saying MJ is deep in the “threeanger” phase.
He is independent when he wants to be, totally needy other times, throwing...
Ten Things I’ve Learned from my Six Month Old Daughter
My daughter is only six months old, but she's already schooling me.
Here are ten things I've learned from her already:
1} Face plants are all...
Why It’s Hard to Explain Parenting to Non-Parents
Lofty, existential questions run rampant through the cultural conversation about child bearing and rearing. Deep thoughts like when is it more responsible not to have kids? Or, how...
Writing Letters To Camp Is My Personal Hell.
It’s not that I don’t love my eldest daughter.
It’s not that I don’t want to support her burgeoning independence in every way possible. It’s...
Top 10 Reasons Your Kids are Like Your Drunk College Roommate!
In an interview with David Letterman, Johnny Depp commented that taking care of children was like taking care of tiny drunks.
Here is a top...