Category Archives: Kids
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered….Especially Bewildered
Today is the first in our weekly series of tips and ideas to help us not feel “whacked’ this holiday season. Raise your hand if you’re surprised I remember I even said we were going to do this on Wednesdays. … Continue reading
Filed under Family, Holidays, Kids, No More Whacked Out Wednesdays
Snow Day in the South
We don’t get many snow days where I live, but last Friday, we had snow. Before 10 a.m. we had created a multitude of heavenly hosts (aka snow angels) and an androgynous snow person. No one could decide whether we’d … Continue reading
The Post in Which I Try to Think of Nice Ways to Talk About…..Upchucking
Last night I was feeling sorry for CarpoolQueen. All three of her children were suffering from GI distress of some variety. She and I were having a little chat about our respective days and I was so sad to hear … Continue reading
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Is It Repeating Myself Or Showing Off My Superior Remembery Skills When I Re-Tell a Story?
Usually I enter a January Funk right after the holidays. Unfortunately, it’s not a George Clinton and the Parliament kind of funk. It’s a missing-all-the-Christmas-spirit funk. The house always looks a little blah when the Christmas decorations get packed away, … Continue reading
If the Snoodles Wrote a Children’s Bible
I love bedtime for the Little People and not for the reasons some of you are thinking. My husband usually does the bedtime routine and he has since FirstBorn was a baby. Usually he hasn’t had an opportunity to be … Continue reading
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I ‘Kid’ You Not, That’s What They Said
I agree. That’s probably the corniest blog post title ever written. The good and most logical ones for this post were already taken. I’ve seen this interview several places lately: on Facebook, La Vida Dulce’s blog, Life@7000Feet’s blog, this little light … Continue reading
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Future In-Laws
All of my children’s marriages have been arranged. Yes, I realize that they are eight, five, and five years old, but I really can’t afford to procrastinate on this one. I really don’t think of myself as a control freak, … Continue reading
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The Making of the Next Food Network Star/Junkie…..And a Plea for Help!
I used to be a serious Food Network Junkie. I TiVo’d Paula Deen, Rachael Ray, Giada, Emeril, Next Food Network Star, Good Eats, Unwrapped…I honestly don’t remember what else. When he was three, my oldest used to know Rachael Ray’s … Continue reading
Filed under Blogs I Love, Food, Friends, Kids
While visions of Sugar Plum fairies danced in her head…
I took The Princess Little Person to see The Nutcracker for the first time last night. She’s the cheerleader of our family, so it’s not a huge surprise when she’s excited about something. New cereal? “Did you buy this for … Continue reading
