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,…
Monthly Archives: February 2009
“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…
Awesome women doing Awesome things!
By Cassie How often do you pat yourself on the back? I have written before about the many hats I wear. Mothers work very hard. It doesn’t matter if we work in the home out of the home or simply stay at home with our babies. Parenting is tough. It is constant. It is rewarding….
Cute Lil’ Cupcake
By Beck The Baby is attending a Valentine’s Day party today, which means – oh, OF COURSE – yet another batch of elaborate cupcakes for me to stay up late making. Someday I will be better at managing my time and will figure out how to make cupcakes during DAYLIGHT HOURS, but by then I’ll…
Love, True Love
By Kelly With apologies to Paul and the real 1 Corinthians 13. My children were on time to school today. But if listened more closely to “Morning Edition” than their stories during the drive, I am just a chauffeur. My house is in order, and the kitchen floor is mostly crumb free. But if I…
Are Children a Kind of Pollution?
By Veronica You may have seen the articles popping up on news sites for the last few years. Maybe you’ve even received a sanctimonious lecture from a family member, friend or a stranger in the grocery store. Whether you’ve already received the memo or not, the word is out: having too many children hurts the…
Oh, And the Powerball is 42.
By Megan So, if you’ve happened by my home blog FriedOkra since Thursday, you’ll recognize a few of the events of this post. Apparently I’m something of a psychic, because no sooner had I hit publish on it than a boatload of roto-cooties invaded Bean, and Peabody just gave up sleep altogether, once and for…
A Dose of Humor – Another Reason to Check your Kid’s Homework.
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. Rachel from Just…