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Creativity, patience and some sort of adults-only outlet for your frustration and your effort are required when potty training a toddler. Trust me – I have four of them. There is no one size fits all method for potty training, and some kids refuse to learn until they are ready. What we learned the first […] More
Just yesterday I was listening to my oldest daughter tell me she loves me, calling me mommy and telling anyone who would listen that mommy is her best friend. Swoon. Today, she’s 19 days from turning 7. Just yesterday, we marveled over the tiny toes, sweet nose and darling kisses our second daughter lavished us […] More
A 65-inch flat screen on the living room wall, a 50-inch flat screen on the porch wall and 32-inch televisions on the walls of each of my two oldest daughter’s bedroom walls and they are screaming over an insanely old iPhone 4 we use as our Netflix remote control because they want to watch “My […] More
Google Maps is not just a pretty face. It’s actually a useful piece of technology I’ve learned I cannot live without if I’m expected to be a good mother. See, I have this small issue with control. I like to have it. I like to be the controller of the situations. You’d think, after four […] More
Don’t you just love it when your kid tells you where to hide and how to hide in the house? My son’s version of hide and go seek is him telling me to sit on the couch with my hands over my face. He then proceeds to count to 3, yes 3 before he comes […] More
Potty training is pretty gross. What a pain in the rear (haha). Kids are, in general, kind of disgusting little people when you really stop and think about it. I will never forget the time that our now 4-year-old made it clear to us she was ready for some potty training by bringing us her […] More
Just as your kids finally acclimate to the routine and schedule on vacation, it’s time to come home and reintroduce them to the real world of not being on vacation. Though there is no place like home, you quickly learn that there is no place like a resort in which someone else makes your bed, […] More
You never truly know a person until you travel with them and until you see the contents of the bag they carry most – and for moms, that might be the diaper bag. It doesn’t matter what a mother looks like from the outside; you never judge a book by its cover. What matters is […] More
“You are the worst parents, EVER!” I remember screaming to my parents when I was 16. They would not let me get on a plane with my friends and spend a 3 nights in Cancun with my friends for Spring Break – rotten, evil people. Not letting their teenage daughter go to Mexico – a […] More
One of the best things all parents can do is goof around with their children. Of course, there have to be rules and guidelines for your kids, and you can’t always be their best friend, but just as important as structure and discipline is having a sense of humor, being able to laugh and smile […] More
The sunscreen war; it’s real. My kids love to spend time in the sun, in the pool and on the boat, but they have a hatred for sunscreen that makes them become tiny little Houdinis able to slip away undetected without an ounce of sunscreen on their bodies. Why they hate it, I don’t know. […] More
Boys with long hair – sometimes cute and sometimes silly, and absolutely not for me and my son. Okay, so my reasons are a bit selfish. After having two little girls we were ready for baby number three (with high hopes that it would be a boy) and we were surprised and blessed with a […] More