By Nell My name is Nell and I over blog at Casual Friday Everyday.com. I was thrilled when Stephanie approached me to host the weekly “You Moved Us“ feature here at 5 Minutes for Parenting. I’ve been a blogger for years now and have fallen in love with the Mommy blogging community. I frequent blogs…
Monthly Archives: October 2008
My Kids Have Never Been Trick-Or-Treating
By Stephanie It’s true. My kids have never ran through the neighborhood in costume, looking through tiny plastic-masked slit-eyes, puffs of breath foggy in the chilly fall night. Hollow jack-o-lanterns with black handles have not been dumped onto my living room floor, a sea of colors and chocolate and crinkly wrappers. We are that house….
Bats and Butterflies
By Beck Tonight I get to make five zillion gluten free cupcakes that look like bats for the Baby’s library school Halloween party tomorrow. Gosh, I’m looking forward to this. Actually, I AM. I love decorating cupcakes. It’s mindless and creative in an Easy-To-Succeed sort of way and there’s candy involved. I’m going to watch…
Tales from the Crib
By Kelly I was reading the October 2008 issue of Parenting magazine over the weekend, and once again, the last page made me laugh out loud. Unfortunately, I was in bed at the time. And my husband was sleeping next to me. What happened next is up to debate — no one can prove that…
Feeling Clannish
By Veronica I sat in church, my four-year-old in my lap. She has a hard time sitting still, but today she was rapt, focused on the processional that wove its way through the church. Families carried plaid flags around the sanctuary before planting them into a stand on the dais. A Caledonian band marched behind…
Decision ’08
By Megan I’m hearing nigglings of some major election comin’ up here soon. What’s that all about again? I can’t keep up with current events right now, are you kiddin’ me? I don’t remember what month it is most of the time. All I know is, I’m writin’ in Martin Sheen. (Mostly because I think…
Serenity Now!
By Stephanie It’s Bloggy Giveaways time and 5 Minutes For Parenting wants to reward THREE of our wonderful readers with a chocolatey spa treat- a box of tasty Turtle Chex Mix Bars, chocolate candles, caramel lotion and spa essentials like a loofah, hand massager, nail brush and spa towel. Did I say chocolate candles? Yes…
Parenting Gone Awry
By Tina George Washington, the father of our country, is often quoted as having said, “I cannot tell a lie.” And that is why he is the father of our country and not the mother. Mothers lie. We have to. It’s a survival skill. Now, if you are reading this and saying to yourself, “I…
A Dose of Humor – If My Life Had a Running Commentary
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. Jessica Riley is…
Too Many Headless Chickens
By Stephanie We all have our own boundaries, as Mothers, of just how much we’ll let go. Over time I’ve gone from letting my boys play in the back yard while I hover over their every move, then letting them play while I watch from a window inside, and eventually someday (hopefully before they graduate)…