By Megan A good friend of mine, Alice, recently mentioned that she’s reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie series to her four-year-old son. She’d told him about the book and sat down to read to him, allowing him to continue playing with some toys as she did so. She said he played for just…
Easily irritated or justified annoyance? You decide.
By Melodee Last night, while I rode my exercise bike and concentrated on the tiny print of Henry James’ Portrait of a Lady (which is taking forever to read) I may have been a little snippy when I asked my husband to, “TURN DOWN THE VOLUME!” of the television. He pointed out that I am…
A Dose of Humor – Why People Pay Money for Gym Memberships.
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. Katie is a…
Coffins
By Beck We went to a wake earlier this week, driving through freezing rain in the evening’s soggy darkness. We looked at my husband’s great-uncle, who was wearing his jacket from the business he ran with his children. “Dad” was embroidered on the jacket, which made me have to whip my head away, my eyes…
That’s Why They Call It The Present
By Kelly I was kneeling next to the couch yesterday, reaching for Sonya Lee, who had somehow managed to escape the Little People Amusement Park, when I felt a tiny body grab my neck. It was Teyla, my one-year-old daughter. She shrieked in laughter at my obvious surprise. She pushed herself flat against my back…
The Bathroom Is My Tuscany
By Veronica I have had a stressful day with meetings and whinings and the start of spring allergies, so here is a post from Toddled Dredge from 2006 – updated! I promise! It is still true, though my stamina for children has increased greatly since writing it. When I was single and struggled with occasional…
And Then She Put Him to Bed in a Drawer (She Didn’t Get That Part from Me, I Swear.)
By Megan “Wait Mama,” Bean called after me as I trotted toward the elevator at a Lexington, Kentucky hotel, an overnight stop on the drive home to Chicago from coastal Carolina, “Let’s sit down for a minute.” So we found a sofa in a quiet corner of the lobby and sat. Baby boy Peabody stood…
Getting the Point
By DeeDee It isn’t difficult for me to stay apprised of all the goings on around here. I boast of that mother’s intuition thing, and also it doesn’t hurt to have a couple of small narcs underfoot. No one has any problem letting me know when someone else has committed an infraction. I suppose because…
A Dose of Humor – How to Impress Kids with Your Caretaking.
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to help 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. Now you can also join in by linking in your funniest moment of the week,…
Party planning gone AWFUL
By Cassie So I get a big fat F in party planning. It started when I was ten years old. I invited my entire family over for a “Mothers Day Feast.” I had seen this beautiful meal in a magazine and I was going to prepare it all by myself. An hour before the dinner…