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Cinder-Mama is a Real Person. She is Me.
You know that scene in Cinderella where she’s in the kitchen trying to get things ready for the day, and on the wall there’s this collection of bells ringing incessantly, signaling that people who are depending on her (mostly because they’re lazy) need things? Every...
13 Photos That Sum Up What Kids Do to Summer
It's summertime! My favorite part of year, because I get to have everyone at home all the hours of all the days, fighting over who gets the one red LEGO pieces out of the 14 billions that exist in our house. I love my boys fiercely. But man are they hard on a house...
9 Memes That Sum Up Life With Boys
What I want to tell my boys every time they fight. Which is every other second, now that school's out. He was lucky. He only ended up with half his face burned off. I know. So disappointing. One of them ended up with a dented face, but at least now I can tell the...
What Happens When Kids Are Detoxing From the Grandparents
It’s their first day back from the grandparents’ after a week of running wild outside in the country and swimming in a pool and watching movies for Quiet Time, and my boys have forgotten how to act. We are incredibly blessed that my mom and stepdad took the older...
An Open Letter to My Laundry: We’re Finished, But Not Really. Ever.
Dear Laundry, I know, I know. You think I haven’t noticed how you’ve been waiting seven whole days in that smelly basket, spilling over onto the floor so little boys trample you on their way to bedrooms, how you’re crumpled up in bathrooms and twisted across couches...
Should Kids Be Allowed in All Restaurants? Yes.
I’m no stranger to the kids-in-restaurants debate. It’s been going on for a while, and I always like to keep tabs on it, because I feel pretty strongly about my own point of view. I’ve stayed silent mostly, because I didn’t really want to rock any boats. I’m not a...
A Day in the Life of a Mom
Wake up, wake up, it’s time to start the day, come down to breakfast, don’t play around now, put that book down, get downstairs, make sure you get your socks, put your shoes on, you should tie your laces so you don’t trip over them, where are your shoes? I have no...