Monthly Archives: March 2010

Pregnancy Journal: Behold a Miracle

From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly Lately, my body groans. It doesn’t matter if I’m sitting or standing or walking or lying down. My muscles stretch. My back sways. My hips twist. My lungs fight. I move with the grace of an elephant, the speed of a turtle. My body groans. So, if bedtime…

Who’s a cutie wootie smootiekins? You Are.

By Michael So this old lady with a face like a road map is heading out of the restaurant when she spots the baby. Not her baby, of course, or even her grandchild. Some stranger’s baby, as best I can tell. But that doesn’t matter. She can’t resist. Suddenly, she’s leaning over the table and…

Best. Checklist. Ever.

By Megan The weather forecast for the next week in Chicago gets better every day. By Thursday we’ll hit the 70s with plenty of sunshine. I’ve got my Brookfield Zoo membership package right here on the desk in front of me. I’ve got fresh fruit, sandwich makings, juice boxes and two unopened packages of Girl…

Welcome Spring, I hope you die.

Guest post by Jenna If you live in Texas, you know exactly what I’m talking about. I can’t speak for anyone else’s weather conditions, because truthfully I can’t complain about the weather in Texas. My kids are able to play outside for about 10 months out of the year. The other 2 months it’s too…

My Skinny Love

By Beck Two of my three kids are underweight, the Girl most noticeably so. She’s still so light that I can carry her around effortlessly, although I don’t because she’s going to be 11 soon. But I could. And it’s funny how much of my feelings about myself are tied into my children’s weight – two…

Pregnancy Journal: Opening a Can of (Gummy) Worms

From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly If you read between the lines of last week’s Pregnancy Journal post about MILK, ALL THE MILK, I CAN’T GET ENOUGH MOO-JUICE, you might have deduced: Kelly might be drinking a lot of milk, but I bet her sweet tooth is triggering a lot of that milk consumption….

Not in Our Family, We Don’t!!

By Michael Don’t you wish there were secret words you could use to get your children to wake up and smell the coffee, or at least notice the crayons that need to be picked up off the carpet? Wish no more, for I am about to impart to you a sentence that changed my girls’…

One Spring Forward, Two Left Back

By Megan So, I abandoned my children. Left ’em back in Central Standard Time last weekend (and I don’t even miss ’em!) Prior to the big change-over to CDT, our family’s daily life had become a stubborn, gnarled hair ball of hard schedule items and all of those equally important but softer to-dos that had…

Don’t Tell Me Things Will Get Worse

By Melodee “Worst decision I ever made,” she said. She spoke of adopting nine children. “Hardest time in my life,” she said. She spoke of giving birth to three children in three years. “Just wait until they’re teenagers.” “Small kids. Small problems. Big kids? Big problems.” “I thought age two was hard. But age three…

How did I get here? A quiz!

Guest post by Jenna Do you ever wonder in parenting, “How did I get here?” [Not How you got to be a parent, we all know THAT part.] There are times in parenting, good or bad, when your life goes on and you suddenly realize: A. I’m really enjoying this! The next stage must be…