Category Archives: Raising these kids

Can’t call it a bucket list…

Because, as my DH pointed out– we don’t plan to die in 2012, thus a kick the bucket list isn’t really appropriate. I don’t want to call them resolutions, because those are 1) what everyone else is doing, and 2) … Continue reading

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Time for the Lysol

I’m going to talk about puke. And not the oh-I-had-fun-with-tequila-puke, either. The, oh-right-I’m-mom-and-you-just-vomited-and-want-my-comfort-puke. So, if talk of vomit offends (or nauseates) you, click the back button with all due haste. Words I will say a lot: puke, vomit, poo. Not … Continue reading

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For you to be right

…I don’t have to be wrong. Or vice versa. Well, unless you are arguing about 2 + 2 and my answer is 5, because then I’m wrong. I can argue about science (no the dinosaurs were not chilling with the … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays!

No, really. Happy Holidays. And maybe even Merry Christmas, but when I say it I really mean, Merry Time of Santa Claus, Good Cheer and Delicious Apple Cider. I’ve seen this blog post circulated around facebook for a few weeks, … Continue reading

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Stuttering, this is new.

See, just as soon as I decide there is nothing to worry about growth wise with Elliot, he develops a stutter. And I don’t mean a simple st-st-stutter. Nope, it’s more of a s-s-s-s-st-st-st-st-st-stutter. He’ll be 3 in November and … Continue reading

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Oh! The Places You’ll Go

Dr. Suess made some really excellent points, didn’t he? – I don’t buy all the coolest new toys. – I like to decorate, but I like to DIY. Paying more than something is worth causes chest pains, nor will I … Continue reading

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American Gender Roles, a Preschooler, and Me

Sigh. Rubs Forehead. I’ve written about this before– not that I can find it since I don’t, apparently, have a search feature. How did I miss not having a search option? D’oh. Boys don’t wear pink dresses! Let me be … Continue reading

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NOT FAIR

So it begins. It’s been simmering for awhile, but the nasal-whine-voice made it’s full appearance over the weekend. The world of siblings– though even I, once the Only Small Person in a sea of Large People, delivered my fair share … Continue reading

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Beachy Vacation

No pictures (yet) and there is a really kicking storm rolling over the ocean from the edges of Hurricane Katia…so, more attention grabbing things going on. Watching the ocean is my zen. Sadly, my oldest child finds my zen to … Continue reading

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The Bonecrushing Guilt

Once, in a retail galaxy far, far away, I attended a management seminar on reactive versus proactive planning. Oh, I start out with a plan to be proactive, and someone (either someone under 46 inches tall and/or with a penis) … Continue reading

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