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A Charming Bedtime Story
Once upon a time there were two little boys named, uh, Flobert and Feeter. Flobert and Feeter didn’t like going to bed. They liked the night life. They liked to boogie. But, as there was no disco in...
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The Plunger Story
The kids love taking baths together. I know it’s only a matter of time before an all-sibling bath becomes “uncool” and the tub just becomes too small to hold them. It already is at capacity when all...
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One of those Days
Have your ever had one of those days? You know the kind. You wake up late and are told there is a birthday party the kids want to go to that very afternoon so you have to figure out how to get ready...
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Organizationally Challenged
I have always heard that there are two types of people. Organized, meticulous, fastidious type A people and free-spirited, unorganized, artsy people are the type B people. I picture type A ladies in...
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Medicine Bird
You know what I hate about sick kids? They get better. When Aili was feeling like garbage, she was easy to medicate. Stuff the syringe in her little maw, squirt the medication in, watch as she swallows...
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Top Ten Reasons Why I Hate Caillou
I just recently realized that I am not the only parent out there with a healthy loathing for that whiny, bald Canadian and his irritating TV show. In fact, there are Facebook pages and websites devoted...
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Grandma
My mother is amazing. She’s very smart, funny, and usually wise….but sometimes I question her judgement just a smidgen. Yesterday we were at my parents’ house to visit. This kids completely lose their...
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Dad Guest Blog #2
My wife told me I had to write a guest article today. So I am. She usually writes in the early morning (and you were probably at a loss, wondering about the lack of an update) but I was still feeling...
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Snack Mom
My daughter’s preschool has a rotating snack duty chart. Everyone brings in a snack for the class once or twice a month. I very desperately want to be “The Mom Who Always Brings The Best Snacks”. The...
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Grocery Store Cocktails
You know how you can occasionally get a babysitter and go out for a fancy dinner date (let’s be fair, by fancy I mean Applebee’s)? Well, one of my favorite things is to check out the drink menu (and...
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Song Time With Aili
My children are suckers for commercials. I didn’t realize how bad it was until I tried to inform my daughter that the words to her song did not start with, “Oh! McDonald’s.” It was a rather heated...
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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane…
We were riding in the truck to hockey and the kids were chattering in the back. I wasn’t really paying attention until I caught Peter say, “You kiss boys, Robert! GROSS!” And then, like the most...
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Parent Texts
The following are Honest-to-God conversations my husband and I have had. Dad: How it goes? Mom: the boys sort of cleaned their room Mom: because i yelled at them and told peter i couldn’t get to his...
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Halloween Recap
With Peter being a “forced non-participant” in Halloween festivities after trying to give himself a five-fingered discount at the store, our usual Halloween felt a little disjointed. I went to school...
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Good Morning!
Do you have trouble waking up from a mid-day nap? Well, I used to have this problem. Let me tell you how I rather suddenly cured myself from mid-day nap….not wanting to wake up-ed-ness. My husband and...
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Top 5 Signs You Are Too Busy
5. Your kitchen is a house of horrors. Frozen foods are in the pantry, there’s a phone in the fridge, and if you could figure out where you put the brown sugar, it would be a miracle. On the plus side,...
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Aili Cyrus
Last week after dance class, I was getting Aili ready to go. We had to make sure we had all our ballet slippers and other various items packed away before we left. Since the studio has a very open...
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Cat vs Tree
I feel like I am obsessively talking about Christmas WAY too early this year. Sorry about that. I promise I am not trying to be hyper-commercialized and create a spirit of consumerism in my home, but...
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