By Veronica We do not have a television. We did not have high-minded reasons for pitching the tv. We did it for one reason only: whenever I have a tv, I watch garbage. For hours. Afterwards, I can not even tell you what I saw. Now we entertain ourselves with the internet. Whether it’s blogging…
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And also, I no longer subscribe to all the parenting magazines.
Special thanks to one of my bloggy heroines and my friend-in-real-life Lisa@Take90West. She’s a busy Mom to four and one of the most genuine, sweet people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. I know y’all are gonna love her as much as I do, and I bet most of us can relate fully to one…
Tankini Moms and Towel Moms
By Tina Swimming is a very important skill for kids to learn. I feel so strongly that my son should learn to swim that I started him in a Water Babies class at the local swimming school when he was 14 months old, which was in January. That’s how much I love my son. So…
A Dose of Humor – A Fair Warning
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. Katie is a…
candlelight
By Beck I nearly burned down my house this morning! It was unintentional and involved a CANDLE LEFT BURNING IN AN EMPTY ROOM – just like the PSA! – and I came in and found that flames were just moments away from beginning to lick the wooden wall. Good timing on my part, I suppose,…
Learning from Shenanigans
Kelly is on vacation this week. To preserve family goodwill, she’s not working but out enjoying the sunshine instead! Please welcome our guest poster today, Vanessa from I Never Grew Up. “Mama loo-oo-k I made a big mess,” my daughter informs me with a sly grin as I open her door to wake her from…
The Parrot and the Chocolate Shop
By Veronica A while back, I took my two oldest girls with me to a chocolate shop. I don’t want to mislead you; this is not a common occurrence. My girls are not compliant little angels who float in and out of candy stores without slavering or mussing their wings. But every now and then,…
“Um, Maddie’s Mom?” she said awkwardly, “Would you care for a deviled egg?”
By Megan It’s the reason I want Mama cards. Well, the main reason. Has this ever happened to you? Every week I take Bean to her little music and imagination class at the local rec department. And every week I sit outside the class, which is held in the rec center’s cafeteria, on this long…
My vanity, my child
By Gretchen My five-year-old son has a very small cosmetic flaw. One of his upper center baby teeth is coffee brown. He’d prefer to call it chocolate or even dirt. When I consider the little sliver of trouble in his sweet mouth, I can’t help but think of a careless stain on the front of…
A Dose of Humor – A Princess Reality Check
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. Hi! It’s Rachel…