Posted in Miscellaneous on May 21st, 2008
1. “Mommy, you’re a princess!” 2. “You’re my best friend.” 3. “Please stay with me.” 4. “You’re the best mom I ever had!” Want to add to the list? Post your kid’s best compliment here.
Posted in Miscellaneous on Apr 10th, 2008
My sons are seriously concerned about shadows. Ever since we read Olivia and the Missing Toy a couple years ago, which then-3-year-old Cody could recite almost word for word, shadows have become a frightening piece of his life. In the book, Olivia is looking for her favorite toy, which has gone missing (hence the title). At one point, [...]
Posted in Lessons on Mar 4th, 2008
Don’t you just love it when your kids do something sweet and innocently beautiful? Something that you’ll remember for the rest of your life because it was so darn cute and endearing? Logan crawled into bed with me a couple mornings ago. As I tried to go back to sleep — I’m not quite ready [...]
Posted in Lessons on Feb 27th, 2008
Yesterday, Cody came in the kitchen where I was working and said, “Mom, can we change my brother’s name to ‘Max’?” I laughed and asked him why. “I don’t like the name Logan,” he said. To which Logan indignantly replied, “I’m not Max! I’m Logan!” I explained that it isn’t nice to say you don’t [...]
Posted in Lessons on Feb 20th, 2008
I realized on the way to my twin girls’ very first basketball game this fall that I was clutch-the-steering-wheel-as-your-knuckles-turn-white nervous. Never mind that they’re only in fourth grade or that I, myself, am about as athletically inclined as a napkin (though come to think of it, perhaps that’s why I was so nervous). What if [...]
Posted in Lessons on Feb 18th, 2008
So, I’m sitting here in my office working on a story when I hear from behind me, “Oh, tartar sauce! I LOST!!” It’s my five-year-old, Cody, who’s playing with his Leapster. Given his high regard for SpongeBob Squarepants, I hear many oaths that I assume come from that show (I’ve personally only seen it a few [...]
Posted in Holidays on Feb 13th, 2008
This Valentine’s Day, I’m planning on taking the opportunity to write each of my kids a note telling them why I love them. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a while, but haven’t made the time for. Yes, the whole concept behind Valentine’s Day is enough to make me want to rebel. Why should someone else designate [...]
Posted in Eye-openers on Feb 10th, 2008
I wrote the following a couple years ago because the situation took me so off guard, but I feel it’s still worth sharing. The other day my daughter informed me that a boy in her second-grade class said she is “hot.” Excuse me?!?! Did I actually just hear this? Although my jaw pretty much dropped [...]
Posted in Introduction on Feb 9th, 2008
I know, I know — there are a million blogs about parenting out there. So why, oh why, would I decide to create one of my own, you ask? The answer is that I consider myself somewhat of a parenting expert, thanks to my four children and their assorted health issues. I’m a freelance writer and [...]
