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I’m a Ninja

March 31, 2011 in Favorite Children's Books, Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids

Or am I? I have a thousand million (that’s some Zach numerical reporting right there) things to say, but I really don’t want to be on a computer tonight… I know, I know– can you believe? Someone write that shit down. I have this one pair of black silk (snort– Target satin) pajamas that I bought for myself so that I’d look all put together in the pictures for Zach’s first christmas. I love these [...]

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Identity Crisis

March 28, 2011 in Life Lessons, Raising these kids, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

Who else has had/is having one of these? Right now? This very moment? I promised JB that I would play Mario tennis with him tonight, so I’m trying to write this super-fast. Last week, he and I had a conversation like this: Me: Hey, if I start a graduate program next fall we can write preschool off our taxes. JB: What in the world would you get a degree in? Me: (feminist hackles rising) What [...]

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RIP Santa, Part II

March 27, 2011 in Gotcha Moments, Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids, Thoughts from a SAHM

I sat and thought about what I was going to say to him. I didn’t feel betrayed when I busted my parents in the Santa myth. I remember feeling smug about my spying skills. But I’ve not ever outright lied to him, either. I remembered his awe of Santa the year he was 2. After the disappointing reality of a new baby brother, meeting Santa was the starter version of meeting a rock-n-roll superstar… Like [...]

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RIP Santa

March 26, 2011 in Gotcha Moments, Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy", Thoughts from a SAHM

Ah. March. The time of spring, birthdays and BASKETBALL. Basketball with a divided house, no less (GO TARHEELS!). Which is how my nephews ended up hanging out over here last weekend, with very little (almost no) adult supervision. It’s also when the younger of the two older nephews–and the one most idolized by Z–mentioned that Baby Jesus killed Santa Claus. Of course, when I say mentioned, I mean that he ripped out the heart of [...]

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Some Truthiness

February 21, 2011 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy"

First, here’s the disclaimer of: I love my kids more than my life. They, on a regular basis, fill me with joy and make me burst out with laughter. I look at them and wonder how I managed to create such amazing creatures in my uterus, growing them in a mere 9 (10!) months. I then go on to wonder how my parenting skills seem to be resulting in such reasonably cool kids. And I [...]

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Life With Two Kids, Part II

January 25, 2011 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy", Thoughts from a SAHM

As I referred a friend to my first post on this topic, I realized that I hadn’t ever, you know, updated those thoughts. Apparently my pearls of good sense ended when Elliot hit about 6 months old. I soon came to realize that the majority of my intelligent advice centered around having only one mobile child and when that ended, I was pretty much screwed. With the exception of Elliot’s weight gain issues, months 6-13 [...]

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Me vs. My Own Hypocrisy

January 21, 2011 in Adult ADHD Isn't a Bad Thing, Homeschooling, Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids

What am I on now– three? I did find a quote that lets me skirt around them quite nicely and I do love a well-worded quote. “The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity”– Andre Gide Cool, I’m not a true hypocrite then, because I perceive them, analyze them, laugh at them, and then announce them on the internet. Besides, what is the lesson of [...]

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Just Random Funnies

January 18, 2011 in Homeschooling, Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids

I’m just tired. Tired of winter, tired of the whining and complaining (both mine and theirs), tired of dealing with a stubborn old house. I decide to put self-reflection on hold, watch Dirty Jobs and sip herbal tea. Unfortunately Dirty Jobs happened to be about lice and now I feel all itchy. I also made pumpkin muffins. I’m the Helping Parent for Zach’s preschool class tomorrow, which means I’m responsible for bringing snacks. Remember that [...]

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Random Lady: I apologize

December 29, 2010 in Just Life, Life Lessons

Oh… random lady, attending the Christmas light show in Lake Myra, I’m so sorry. I’m sorry if I was already pissed off when I got there, freezing with my two Small People and husband, and got kind of snotty about you walking in front of me. Most importantly I’m especially sorry for the way my mouth dropped open when I saw your husband, holding the hand of your ten-ish year old son. I’m sure, based [...]

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DIY Parenting Manuals

November 19, 2010 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy", Uncategorized

If you were expecting something sappy about the most recent age milestones for my two Small People– 4 and 2, to be exact– you can go read this post or this one. As much as I love those kids–and I do, with a force that often surprises me–they drive me from sane to bat shit nuts with an astonishing speed and regularity. Sometimes it’s my fault. My impatience and inability to deal with repetitive annoyances [...]

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