By Megan Originally published at FriedOkra on November 5, 2008. Bean and I went to McDonald’s this weekend for lunch last week, just the two of us. I got her a Happy Meal. See, I’m doin’ everything I can lately to earn Good Mama points because frankly, I’m not a lot of fun to be…
Fudge Sauce on Ice Cream (Does Anything Stick To A Kid’s Brain?)
By Melodee First, a recipe. Keri’s Fudge Sauce (I got this from Keri in Wyoming–I don’t know where she got it) 1 cup sugar 2/3 cup cocoa 3 tablespoons flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cup milk 2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla In a saucepan, mix sugar, cocoa, flour, salt and 1/4 cup of…
A Dose of Humor – I Don’t Care What the Panda Says – I’ve Still Got It!
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. Taryn is the…
Things I’d Never Even Heard Of
By Beck So yesterday we took the kids to get their flu shots. There wasn’t a lot of debate about it – two of our three kids are in a high-risk group for flu complications AND they get everything. After school, I calmly packed the three of them into my mom’s car and we headed…
Pregnancy Journal: The Heartbeat
By Kelly I still remember the first time I heard my baby’s heartbeat. It was January 5, 2001. I was sick and miserable. I had never been sure I even wanted children. Now, deep in the throes of first trimester yuck, I was even less sure. My husband accompanied me to my first OB appointment….
Dancing through the Madness
By Cassie I have a year left of school and have spent the past year networking and searching for opportunities. I have came across many. Some too good to be true. Some too perfect to imagine. Some that I had to let go. I am stuck in a place of confusion right now. I am…
The Grinch Meets the Great Pumpkin. And It’s Love at First Sight!
By Megan A few nights ago the girls from my neighborhood all went out for dinner together, and inevitably our conversation turned to Saturday’s Trick-or-Treating and related festivities. We all really love seeing our kids and one another’s kids in costume, we love bundling up and trudging along with them, the herd of Star Wars…
The Call of the Mild
By Gretchen I had just told my seventh grader something slightly outrageous (to her) and disagreeable (to her). She replied, “Dude?!’ and then immediately slapped her hand over her mouth and blushed, continuing, ‘I can’t believe I called you dude!” I said it was okay. “Well, I only say dude when I am being very…
Halloween
By Michael As all parents know, we should take every opportunity to teach our kids important lessons. Halloween is no exception. Yeah, the kids like to think it’s all fun and games, costumes and candy, but we know better. There’s no holiday quite like Halloween for teaching our progeny the most important ethical and social…
I Married a Hunter So I Wouldn’t Have to be One.
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. Shiree is a…