Stranger in a Strange Land

By Michael The girls live in a different world, so I have to get my passport updated every year or so. This isn’t a curmudgeonly diatribe about the new generation and who-needs-it technology and mocking Twitter or FaceBook. I waste hours on FaceBook every day, by gum, and I’m as hooked on it as any…

And Wonders of His Love

By Megan She insists on hanging the breakables. He insists on climbing the ladder. We spend the afternoon listening to carols, spotting and supervising and holding our breath. And in the end, the tree is beautiful. The ornaments are whole. The boy is safe. We sit in the glow and count our blessings. Joy to…

Great Books for Parents

By Mary If you’re a book-lover like I am and still have a bit of Christmas shopping to do, might I suggest a few of the best books I’ve read over the years? Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline I read this book years ago when I was dealing with 2 year old…

The first Christmas, according to boys.

By Stephanie Apparently G.I. Joe & Buzz Lightyear were in Bethlehem that Day, too. Originally published at Adventures In Babywearing.

A Dose of Humor – Target Acquired, Baby Style.

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. When she’s not finding humor and craziness…

Worried Birds

By Beck It was a snow day yesterday, which meant that my oldest child was home from school and that I declared a house-wide break from all schoolwork and THIS meant that I spent all day listening to my kids fight and by the end of the day I was making mental lists of other…

Pregnancy Journal: The Box

From 5 Minutes for Parenting By Kelly I was sitting in my toddler’s room last night, surfing the Internet and waiting for her to go to sleep, when I heard the faint toot of a horn. “Beep, beep, beep.” Then an over-enthusiastic voice added, “Let’s go!” At first, I chalked it up to one of…

I Don’t Know Whether to Laugh or Cry…Yet

By Michael He was so cute, running through the mall ahead of his stroller and feeling the freedom that comes from being completely unaware that mom is holding the other end of his leash. Smiling, laughing and then, bammo. Another toddler hits the deck. You gotta pay attention to this the next time you see…

Have you seen…?

A Must-Read from Beck, Hand Me Down. And she could also use your vote. Rachel is a hoot and tells the story of when her child stole from a store: Everyone Remembers Their First Crime Beautiful Megan keeping it real: Yeah, What SHE Said! Michael is totally on to something with thanksGIVING. See what Kelly…

A Dose of Humor: United Toddler’s Union

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. . United Toddler’s Union (UTU) New Policies…