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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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Raise your hand if you have ever

March 17, 2011 in Just Life, My Disorganized Mind, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy", Thoughts from a SAHM, Uncategorized

… served peanut butter and jelly and called it dinner because you just didn’t feel like fighting the Small People over grilled chicken on a Thursday night … called the organic, sugar free jelly on aforementioned sandwich that meal’s fruit group because you just didn’t feel like fighting over broccoli on a Thursday night … used a lint roller in lieu of a vacuum cleaner because you just didn’t feel like listening to Small People [...]

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Be The Adult, Part II

March 12, 2011 in Just Life, Raising these kids, Things that Make Me Twitchy, Thoughts from a SAHM

As promised, the story of Little Snot. Listen, LS– you are already at a friend-making disadvantage because your attending parent happens to be the only Dad in the room. And, for the record–Moms, dissing Dads just because they are male is a super lame attitude. Hello, reverse sexism. Though, E and I missed the first class, perhaps you all knew something I only found out about today. I tried to be nice to the Dad, [...]

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Be The Adult

March 11, 2011 in Just Life, Raising these kids, Things that Make Me Twitchy, Thoughts from a SAHM

Say it with me– no, seriously, just try it: Be the Adult. And when your children are being children, remember that your job as a parent is to be the adult. Want your child to follow directions? Then you, as the adult, should also follow directions. Want your child to respect you, and others? Then you, as the adult, should also respect them, yourself, and others. Every time I drop Z off at school, Elliot [...]

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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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Storms in Rodanthe, Part 2

October 5, 2010 in Just Life, Life Lessons, Raising these kids, Thoughts from a SAHM

What else happened in Rodanthe? You mean, beyond watching a perfect storm–not bad enough to imminently dangerous, but with enough threat to spike the adrenaline. Storm watching is my family tradition. Some of the fondest memories with my father include being out in the middle of hurricane-like (or a hurricane–Fran) while my mother, very sensibly inside the house, yelled at us through a cracked window. People, people–the beauty of Nature is not just blue skies [...]

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Storm in Rodanthe, Part 1

October 4, 2010 in Indoor activities, Just Life, Raising these kids, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy", Thoughts from a SAHM

I actually started this post 4 days ago, but couldn’t find one spot in a three-story house either not already occupied by another person, or the noise from other people. Other than sitting in a bathroom, I guess. But I was starting to feel like a trapped animal from all the over stimulation; one house, eleven people, five days. I recognized that it was time for me to find silence because my already-challenged verbal filter [...]

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Mommy Wars

September 27, 2010 in Just Life, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, Thoughts from a SAHM

Wasn’t the point of the feminist movement that women have choices? Choices about the course of her own life unfettered by father, husband, and society? At the time the choice seemed simple and direct–out of the kitchen and into fulfilling careers. Right? The Mommy Wars are a well-known phenomenon–identified and written about by any major women’s/parenting magazine. However, perhaps both corners–the working mom (WM) and the stay at home mom (SAHM)–are judging each other less [...]

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Boys are just gross

September 22, 2010 in Just Life, Raising these kids, Thoughts from a SAHM

They are, seriously. I know that I used to know that, once upon a time. The vast majority of my close friends growing up–right up until I had kids, actually–were of the male species…er, sex. Exhibit A: We tend to forget about olfactory (smell) memory, but who can deny the emotions roused from that certain smell? Good smells–like cookies, or bad smells–like the teenage boy. Even writing this, my nose remembers the sour stankness that [...]

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Life with Two Kids

September 17, 2010 in Just Life, Life Lessons, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy", Thoughts from a SAHM

Remember how I said becoming a parent makes you part of a different club? Within the past few months a large chunk of my other club-members are in late-stage pregnancy, have just delivered, or balancing a newborn and another child. Crazy stuff, don’t drink the water ‘round here. In honor of my fellow mom-friends who are just venturing into the hazy world of becoming parents to multiple children, I offer the following sympathy and advice. [...]

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