Four years ago today my dreams started to come true. I drempt of marrying a man who would love, cherish and keep me in thick and thin, keep me in check, share common interests, be my best friend and cheerleader and wanted a family as bad as I did. Not long after that amazing day […]
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I got a bit of an early birthday present this past week when I learned school doesn’t start for the kids when I thought. I guess I’m just programmed to start school the day or two after Labor Day. That’s the way it always was for me, it seems. Well, preschool seems to march to […]
If you’ve never had to nag, remind or yell in an attempt to get kids to listen, please raise your hand? (sound of crickets) Ahh, I thought so. I know I’ve beat my head against the wall way too many times as my children suddenly become deaf or develop selective hearing the moment I need […]
It might happen the moment you bring baby number two home. It may not rear its ugly head until that younger child starts moving under her own power. If you’re really lucky, it may even start a little later. But make no mistake, siblings will fight and it will test you, possibly to the point […]
Another installment in my Positive Discipline Articles. By popular demand, the following is reprinted from a guest post I did for Molly and Mommy on May 24, 2010. I have to admit, when Alissa asked me to write a guest post on sleep I cringed. It’s hard to find a hotter issue for moms of […]
Last week I wrote our wish list of summer outings we must do before school starts after Labor Day. Summer is going so fast and it is so important to me to spend one day a week with the kids doing something fun, either as just the three of us or as a playdate with […]
We continued on in our quest to potty train yesterday. For the full back story, be sure to check out Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3. And if you’re looking forward to returning to my regularly scheduled programming, this here report from the bloody war front of Butt Camp is the last of this […]
Welcome to Day 3 of my little experiment to see if I can finally save $100 a month in diapers. After two years and 10 months of diapers I decided to try a little experiment to see if my little Sweetness, who was showing all the signs of readiness for potty training, would take the […]
