Posted in Miscellaneous on Dec 24th, 2009
I’m happy to announce the birth of another parenting blog, authored by Yours Truly. It’s on the Psychology Today website and it’s called “Outnumbered!” Seeing as it’s about my experiences being the parent of a larger-than-average family, I feel the title is more than appropriate. I plan to cover everything from childhood depression to seizures [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Aug 20th, 2009
I know I mention my friend Meagan a lot, but she’s just so cool and inspiring. Not only is she the founder of Larger Families, a blog I write for occasionally, she also started a new blog recently called The Happiest Mom, which I have thoroughly enjoyed reading whenever it lands in my inbox. Her [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 19th, 2009
I didn’t get a post done because I’ve been under the weather and had to go to the doctor today. When you live out in the middle of nowhere and have to drive 35 miles to town, the process generally takes the entire day because you can’t go all that way without picking up groceries [...]
Posted in Discussion of the day, Miscellaneous on May 11th, 2009
Most of my kids are bleary-eyed and grumpy in the morning and on school mornings, I almost always have to drag the boys out of their beds. It’s not a very pleasant job, especially when my natural state in the morning is not exactly conducive to rising with the sun either. By the time school [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on May 5th, 2009
I’ve made up my mind about Logan’s kindergarten career: We’re skipping the Junior and going straight to Kindergarten. My reasons are threefold: 1. When Logan gets in a mood on mornings he doesn’t want to go to school, he always whines, “I hate school! It’s so BORING!” Considering he’s one of the oldest kids in [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Feb 9th, 2009
I posted this on the other blog I write for, LargerFamilies.com, regarding an article that featured LargerFamilies.com founder Meagan Francis. OK, I admit it. I read all 73 comments on yesterday’s NY Times article in which Meagan, this blog’s founder, appeared, “And Baby Makes How Many?” I couldn’t stop myself. I was curious to see [...]
