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Kids Answer the Most Burning Question of Love: What Is It?
Me: How do people show their love to each other? 5-year-old: They tell people. Me: Does anybody at your school love you? 5-year-old: Only my teacher. Me: Do you love anybody? 5-year-old: You. And myself. Me: It's good to love yourself. 6-year-old: Well, that's just...
5 Things I Didn’t Know Before I Became a Parent
Before I became a parent, I was an uptight woman who tried to achieve perfection in every single thing I did. If I made a 97 on a test, I would cry because it wasn’t a 98 (I was dramatic in every sense of the word). When I forgot the words to a song during the middle...
What Marriage Looks Like With Children
Valentine’s Day for a married couple with young kids is just like an ordinary day. Maybe you don’t think Valentine’s Day is that important anyway, so this doesn’t really bother you all that much. But me, well, I’ll take any holiday I can get to call a sitter and spend...
What LEGOs Taste Like When A Kid Chews Them
6-year-old: Well, now I know I'm allergic to tomatoes. Me: How? 6-year-old: Because someone at school had a tomato, and I sneezed when I was sitting beside her. Me: 6-year-old: Me: Nope. 9-year-old: Ow! MY EAR HURTS! Me [looking at his ear.]: Huh. There's blood. What...
Inventions that Would Help Parents Make it Through the Day
There are some great inventions out on the market today that have made my life easier. We don’t always have the funds to invest in something new and wonderful, but when we do, watch out. A crockpot? Yep, made life easier AND my kids actually get dinner now (there is a...
The Most Random Places I’ve Found Kids Library Books
This week kicks off Library Lovers' Month, and if you know me and my family at all, you know that one thing we love to do is read together. We read before nap time, when one of the 3-year-old twins will pick out two picture books and I’ll read a few chapters from the...
‘It Smells Like Fart in Here’ and Other PG-13 Conversations
Husband, getting into the van with six boys: It smells like fart in here. Me: Him: Me: Him: Never mind. [At the dinner table.] Husband: Put that thing away. Me [Not looking]: We don't bring toys to the table, boys. Husband: It was his penis. Me: 5-year-old: Me: We...
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