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So. You Think You Want a Baby?
I know, I know. They’re so cute and cuddly. The first time they smile and the first time they say your name and the first time they reach toward you and you know you’re surely and certainly loved, even without words, those are the best moments of life. The best moments of baby. It’s just […]
‘I Volunteer to Eat That.’
Me [holding up something indistinguishable. Is it food? Trash? A little of both?]: What in the world is this? Husband: I'm not really sure. 8-year-old: I volunteer to eat that. Me: Husband: 8-year-old: Me: Nope. 6-year-old: Mama, will you sign me up for soccer? Me:...
On How Kids Destroy Every Toy They Own
Six boys produce a lot of destruction around my house. Everywhere I look, there are nicks in bookshelves and unintended holes in the walls from errant hands or fingers or just curiosity, and there are cracked toilet lids and pictures frames that have no more glass and...
The Unending Challenges of Laundry
So there’s laundry. And then there’s putting laundry away. One of these things doesn’t happen in our house.
The Boy’s Excuse for Being Late to Dinner
Husband: Where were you? It's time for dinner. 6-year-old: I was getting my brother. Husband: But your brother got in here five minutes ago. What were you doing for the other five minutes? 6-year-old: Staring at this girl. Husband: 6-year-old: Husband: Well. Me: What...
Parenting Feels Hard Because We’re Doing it Right
(I’m going to get a little serious in today’s post, so feel free to pass on if what you came here for was humor. I’ll be back to my regularly scheduled program once I get this off my chest.) There’s this school of thought that really bothers me. It shakes fingers at us and says […]
When Your Kids Decide They Want to Make a Haunted House
Words I never want to hear again: "It's a haunted house, Mama! We even made bloody fingers for snacks!" What's all this, you say? How I wish I knew. The best I can gather: some grand entrepreneurial idea, courtesy of the always-wants-to-make-money 8-year-old. All I...
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