By Michael It’s one in the morning and we’re dancing in the family room. Jill, the girls and I are boogying on down and busting a move and, I don’t know, whatever it is people call it, and we’re having a great time. Even dad, who can’t dance. Nobody can remember how we got there….
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Snow Globe
By Megan The afternoon darkens and cools like a certain kind of late autumn day does, and a slow, chilly rain patters against the windows in the family room – windows that look out on grass still green, but trees nearly leafless and a sky unmistakably Novemberish. This is the invitation I didn’t expect but…
Dose of Humor – The Holiday Shopping (Un)Guide.
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life. This one is…
Life is Therapy
Guest post by Marie Sometimes we parents can get bogged down in the notion that the teaching of our children must be done by professionals. The work of all those teachers and therapists that our children see is valuable and helpful. These professionals are amazing at breaking down a developmental skill or learning project into…
Pregnancy Journal: Milestone
By Kelly I’m 13 weeks pregnant today. Depending on which pregnancy book you read, I’m either at the tail end of the first trimester or on the cusp of the blessed second. It doesn’t matter greatly to me. More important is that I’ve passed the 12-week mark, because that’s how far along I was in…
Somebody’s Eyes are Watching
By Michael Pat (not his real name) called for a cab to the airport. He told the cab company there would be five people in the group, even though he and his wife had more than five children. One of his older sons turned to me and scowled. “He’s always lying like that,” he said….
An Impromptu Lesson in McModesty
By Megan Originally published at FriedOkra on November 5, 2008. Bean and I went to McDonald’s this weekend for lunch last week, just the two of us. I got her a Happy Meal. See, I’m doin’ everything I can lately to earn Good Mama points because frankly, I’m not a lot of fun to be…
Fudge Sauce on Ice Cream (Does Anything Stick To A Kid’s Brain?)
By Melodee First, a recipe. Keri’s Fudge Sauce (I got this from Keri in Wyoming–I don’t know where she got it) 1 cup sugar 2/3 cup cocoa 3 tablespoons flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla In a saucepan, mix sugar, cocoa, flour, salt and 1/4 cup of…
A Dose of Humor – I Don’t Care What the Panda Says – I’ve Still Got It!
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life. Taryn is the…
Things I’d Never Even Heard Of
By Beck So yesterday we took the kids to get their flu shots. There wasn’t a lot of debate about it – two of our three kids are in a high-risk group for flu complications AND they get everything. After school, I calmly packed the three of them into my mom’s car and we headed…