This is how we parent.
So, the transition has gone okay… but there has definitely been some adjustment. Of course, just as Barney Stinson (aka NPH, the hottest man ever) says on How I Met Your Mother “New is always better.” Colby thought so, too, when he started in his new Kindergarten class. Everything was new and exciting to him and he behaved very well. Then… Tuesday, when I picked Colby up from daycare, he immediately said, “Mom, I got a red card today.”... Read More
You are not going to believe what just happened…
(Subtitle: Mom Discipline from The Toilet) This happened not even 10 minutes ago: There I was, minding my own business, sitting on the toilet, when Wyatt came screaming and crying into the bathroom. Upon closer inspection, it was clear that his twin brother had bitten him on the back. Not cool, Zander. Not. Cool. Read More Read More
Mind your own bidness.
I hate confrontation. Any time I can avoid a potential argument or other sort of tension, I do so. For this reason, I have chosen to be a smile-and-nod kind of person as far as random strangers are concerned, because what’s the point? I’m likely never going to see them again and I won’t be able to change their minds. Monday, I did something I had not done to date: I fought back. Read More Read More
Worst Parenting Decision Yet
Despite my terrible night’s sleep (or lack thereof), yesterday turned out okay. Clint woke up with a nasty cold and called in sick and, being the super guy he is, let me take a 1.5 hour nap in the late morning. Then, after I fed kids lunch, I ventured out to donate plasma and stop by the grocery store. When I got home, I was feeling refreshed and so thankful that Clint had taken on the kids so I could nap and get things done. I decided he needed... Read More
Recap: The Santa Gift Dilemma
Quick note, since I know you’ve all been dying to know what we ended up deciding to do about the Santa Gift Dilemma… We didn’t swap the gift. The more I thought about it, the more comments I received about breaking his heart… the more I knew I didn’t want to go out of the way to get the movie into his stocking. I know my little man and I wanted to see how he would deal with it. Sure, he’s five, but as I have learned... Read More
{Not So} Supermom
Today will go down as “sub-par” in the annals of my parenting. In fact, it may go down as “worse than sub-par.” It’s been that bad. I am stressed out. Read More Read More
Not Ready.
This week wraps up Colby’s first soccer debut. It has been… interesting. I love soccer. I know Colby enjoys kicking the ball around and being with his friends, so I figured it’d be fun to sign him up. How often do kids get to be on a team where they know everyone from the get-go? Pretty lucky, if you ask me. The first two games occurred while I was in New York for the BlogHer Conference, but I have been to every game since, twice... Read More
PhotoBlog: Ahhh!
I did a very bad thing yesterday; something I try not to do. Something that makes me feel like a very bad mama on the rare occasion that I do it… I wished away my kids’ childhood. And, if I’m being honest, in some of the more trying moments, I wished I didn’t have kids at all. How horrible is that?! Of course, I don’t really wish that. It’s just, in those trying moments that seem to be neverending, I mentally escape... Read More
Judge not, or I’ll blog about you!
Last weekend, Turk and I were Super Parents. (Duh-da da da-dat duh daaaa!) We took on the slightly insane task of walking to downtown with our four kids strapped into two strollers. It was one of those things that could’ve gone horribly, painfully wrong. Thankfully, it didn’t. Nothing noteworthy happened. The kids behaved. They giggled and had fun. They were saintly! But, fear not, for I have more to this story than bragging about how... Read More
Spiderman Doesn’t Kill
Isn’t it great how kids pick up on everything, especially the things you don’t want them to? We’re having a big problem with that lately. Most recently, Bug has learned the word “kill.” Now, I know kids (especially boys) play “bad guys” and make gun noises and all that. To a certain extent, I can deal with it. However, I absolutely cannot stand the word “kill.” Yesterday, we were at Costco and... Read More
Oh, the tantrums!
It’s time for another installment of “Even good kids turn into fire-breathing beasts sometimes.” Are you so excited? I hope so, because for the crap I put up with today from my four-year-old, at least I could get a giggle out of my blog readers. First, to lay a little groundwork to the story and bring you into how truly unpleasant it was, allow me to briefly describe last night: I fell asleep on the couch around 10, only to wake... Read More
I didn’t yell!
(And, in case you’re wondering, the irony of the exclamation mark at the end of that title isn’t lost on me.) Parenting breakthrough today. This was big. Bug went to timeout today, like he does seemingly every day. Our timeout rules consist of the following: Timeout doesn’t start until you’re quiet (i.e. Pitch your fit, scream and yell, do whatever, but you’re still stuck in timeout for x number of minutes after you’re quiet). Timeout... Read More
