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…
Pregnancy Journal: Got Milk?
From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly A wave of faux shame washed over me as I reached into the milk cooler at Target yesterday. No one around me knew it, but I needed that gallon of 1% the same way an alcoholic needs her vodka. I was almost drooling as I tucked the jug…
Real Men Use Plungers
By Michael Today, I took Jill to Home Depot to get stuff I needed for a few projects I’ve been meaning to get to, fulfilling my manly duties and showing her my version of the Nordstrom Sale. (Except, of course, that my purchases are much more practical and essential to our existence, unlike shoes and…
On-line Babysitter Referral Services: One Mom’s Experience
By Megan For Christmas this past December, I gave Al a series of 6 dates (with me!) that started in January and run through June. I ordered tickets and gift cards for each of them and put them in separate tiny gift bags that I hung all over the tree Christmas Eve. I was excited…
Fight!
Guest post by Jenna This past Saturday I witnessed my very first fight at a soccer game. Except it wasn’t the players fighting, it was a parent fighting with the photographer. Yep, that’s right. Last Saturday my 4 year-old son took pictures with his soccer team, and afterward, one of his friend’s parents threatened to…
On Domesticity
By Beck True story – I just spent my morning cleaning my disgusting fridge. Now it is so clean that the Queen could come over and look in it for a snack without me feeling considerable shame. I would likely feel some shock, but I’d cover it, because it’s the Queen and I feel like the…