Parenting

My kids are not perfect. They are not little angels well-behaved at all times. In fact, they can kind of act like jerks from time to time (sounds harsh, but the word I wanted to use isn’t appropriate for print). My kids are not perfect. And it always makes me laugh a little when parents […] More

For me, the concept of missing a milestone in my kids’ lives is unthinkable. I realize that at some point in time it will happen – in fact, it has happened – and I cannot dwell on that. The best that I can do is hope to be there for the most important milestones and […] More

Upon hearing my 4-year-old daughter call, “MOMMY!” for the 6000th time in the first hour of the day yesterday, my husband smiled and said to me, “Enjoy it. One day she’s going to stop calling you mommy and you’re going to miss it. One day, she’s not even going to want to talk to you, […] More

Have I mentioned yet that my oldest daughter turns 7 tomorrow? That means that tomorrow will mark 7 years since I became a mother for the first time. My husband and I have officially been parents for 7 years. That’s kind of a big deal to us. And trust me when I tell you that […] More

Anyone that tells you that parenting is filled with beautiful moments designed to melt your heart and make you realize that you’ve done the best thing ever, they’re not telling the whole truth. They’re telling half the truth. Trust me, I have four kids and I felt that when our first was born we’d live […] More

Friday will mark exactly 7 years that I’ve been a parent. Our oldest daughter turns 7 this day. And we have a 4-year-old daughter and 16-month-old boy/girl twins. Perhaps you might say that we are parenting experts by this point in our lives. We should know what we’re doing, what we are talking about and […] More

What time do your kids wake up in the morning? If they’re like most kids, they probably wake up early. Until they’re lazy teens, they probably get up at an hour you wish they would not, but it’s not the bad thing you might assume that it is. In fact, I love that my kids […] More

Our oldest daughter turns 7 on Friday and I’m not going to lie to you; when she asked us if she had to have a birthday party or if we could invite our best friends on a weekend getaway at her favorite hotel instead, we jumped at the opportunity. Literally, we jumped. YES! No party […] More

My oldest daughter turns 7 this Friday. It hardly seems possible given the fact that she was just born yesterday, but it seems that yesterday was actually 7 years ago and time simply will not slow down. As my husband and I approach the weekend of her birthday, we realize that she’s growing up so […] More

Last night’s ESPY’s may go down as one of the more emotional award shows the network has ever put together.  Not only was Caitlyn Jenner’s speech on transgender equality amazing, but the journey that Cincinnati Bengals play Devon Sill has been on with his daughter’s battle with cancer was one of the most memorable speeches […] More

My parents were intimate exactly two times in their lives; when they conceived me and when they conceived my brother. After that, they ceased to touch one another for past 30-something years. Obviously. Because parents don’t do stuff like that. It’s gross. Unfortunately, I come from a family of self-proclaimed comedians who think they are […] More