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20 Conversations with Kids that will Make You Laugh Out Loud
Husband: Give me the fly swatter. 4-year-old: But I want to die a fly. Husband: You want to die a fly? Me: Well, that is quite an aspiration. 9-year-old: Mama, I have DNA samples of myself on my desk. Me: Oh, really? 9-year-old: Yeah. A fingernail, a toenail and hair....
What Happens 5 Minutes After the Kids Get Home
This picture is called "This is What Happens Five Minutes After the Kids Get Home from the Grandparents." I don't even know how this happened. I just remember going out to the car to get the baby and their suitcases, and I walked back in to a paper/stuffed animal/book...
I Don’t Really Know How to Be A Parent
I’m a working mom. I’m really good at what I do. I studied for four years in college and ended my time with a degree in journalism and English. I used to work as a managing editor for a newspaper, and I rocked that job every single day. Before that, I was a reporter....
Parenting Is the Hardest Insane Asylum Ever
Sometimes I feel like I’m doing a pretty good job as a parent. Relationships are good, all those consequences we’ve put into our Family Playbook—a list of infractions and their expected consequences—are well understood, the house is in almost perfect order.
And then my children wake up.
What an Anniversary Looks Like When You Have Kids
When you can’t find a sitter, you just have to celebrate your anniversary the best way you can manage. Which is exactly what we did.
I Used to Want to Be a Rockstar. This is All I Got.
Husband and I used to be in a band. Well, we still are. We just don’t ever play the songs we’re still writing, because we have six kids. But before those six kids, we played all over Texas and took a few tours through Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. We wrote our own...
9 Things You Don’t Consider When You Decide You Want a Baby
These would be things like higher utility bills, the gross and grosser, and torturous road trips. Having kids changes EVERYTHING.
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