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I’m home with the kids today while my husband is at work just like how things used to be but totally different. Brett started today at a Home Depot for three reasons:
I think I just figured out how to describe the peculiar common ground shared by many of the readers and authors of this blog. Not that anyone has asked me. But still. An innocent post led to a very interesting and friendly exchange in the comments. To summarize:
Exhibit A: [...]
We realize that a good book, be it for your own weary eyes or your kid's, can be pretty hard to come by these days. So, lucky for you, we've rounded up all our past and present book picks into one CMP Book Club and put them all [...]
No, this is not another Miley Cyrus post. But with all the mixed messages our tween girls are getting in the media, sometimes it's nice to shower them with the idea that we love them just the way they are. (Yes, I just quoted Billy Joel. So sue [...]
I figure if I'm going to take the time and trouble to print my favorite photos, I sure as heck won't be putting them some album off the drugstore rack
Every time I see a friend's nursery with decals on the wall, I think rats, that's what I should have done. Especially since at not quite three, my oldest daughter is already expressing rather strong preferences about what may and may not be displayed in her room.Open my bathroom’s 2 cabinets and 4 drawers and you will immediately note that 43 percent of said space is devoted to 7.5 percent of each month. That’s right, I have no less than 2 boxes of tampons, 4 packs of various sized pads and 2 boxes of panty liners [...]
...cross posted from our sister site, New York City Moms Blog.
We just got back from a whirlwind trip to Asia. Why does it seem whenever you leave a place it ends up all over the news? Unfortunately with the Earthquake in China and the Cyclone in [...]
I caught this bit while getting the boys ready this morning.
Maybe it's just me, but I fully expected to hear him say "Look at me, I'm a fucking cabbage."
Yes, the bear has returned. Now, as I mentioned before, I've only been ground feeding the birds so I didn't think the bear would be coming around.
The other night, it's around 11:30pm, I'm pumping while watching an episode of either Oz (say, how many of these actors have been in L&O [...]
This is my new friend, Joslin, who was brought to the party by my friend, Kelly, and she made us all envious with her flawless, wrinkle-less complexion. Also, she's related to a certain someone who is on a reality television show right now, so let's just say that I am [...]
Is today. If all goes well, this will post after I'm out of surgery. I will have:
I have a relative who lived an entire lifetime--married, raised three kids to adulthood, finally retired. Several years ago his wife died after years of chronic, debilitating illness. Some time later, he went on a diet, lost 100 pounds, moved to South Beach and--now in his [...]
Before I walked out the door to get Patrick yesterday I poked my head into the refrigerator to get something to drink. I was thinking a Coke but I had already had my cup of tea for the day and more than one caffeinated beverage in a twenty-four hour period [...]
Now is the time of year when all the bold, bright colors seem to spring up – overnight. No, not spring flowers, I’m talking fundraising forms. “Please give” they all say - give time to sell; give money outright; give us your grandmother’s bank account and we’ll just empty that [...]
...cross posted from our sister site, Chicago Moms Blog.
I have all kinds of cute things I'd like to write about today -- how 4-year-old Nutmeg stayed in her own bed ALL NIGHT and credits the help of her (now!) three bedmates, Genevieve the Friendly [...]
So as of Wednesday night I made the decision to cease co-sleeping. My daughter and I have had a good run; she started off in the bassinet pushed so close to my bed she might as well have been in it, and than we moved on to a week or [...]
Last night, I sat alone in a corner booth of a fast-food burrito joint, with black mascara streaks all over my face.
It was awesome, as you can probably imagine.
Jason sent me an email in the afternoon to tell me there was a work happy hour he had to go [...]
I hear plenty of parents who say that they would love to homeschool if only they could afford it. There are plenty of ways to minimize the cost involved in homeschooling, but there are also plenty of ways to go [...]
It's approaching 100 degrees in Portland today (!), so Beckie's summer clothing tip comes at the perfect time for me and mine:
I found a way to hack my daughter's tank tops. The spaghetti straps on her tops were always slipping down. So I found if you [...]
The past three days have been a whirlwind of chaos, and this is honestly the first moment I've had since Monday to sit down and catch my breath. I had planned to sit down and write about this funny thing that happened at the grocery store the other night, but [...]
Yesterday was a good day. My subway car was empty on my morning commute, so I reclined regally on the bench as David Rakoff curled his lip at the world. Work was light, and we got a new coffee maker whose product doesn't taste like the business end [...]
Here's how Kimberley solved the post-haircut itchies:
My little girl complains about going places after she's had a haircut because of the hair that gets in her shirt and on her back. I don't blame her -- I hate it too and usually bring extra shirts for us [...]
If Hillary Clinton says the hard-working white people without college degrees like her best one more time, I'm gonna have to slap her silly. Really.
hmmm... what's the opposite of a hard-working white person? hmmm...
How is she going to live with herself when, after all of this is over, she has [...]
Well, the awards ceremony just wrapped up. It was a hall full of excited, energized kids from all over the world, and from what I saw there, I'd say the future is pretty bright. The Puerto Rican contingent was particularly overjoyed when a number of their members took awards. And [...]
This was part of a large body-care package that Jon and Leta gave to me for Mother's Day. It's a foot soak that will be perfect for the rough edges that form from wearing flip-flops and walking around barefoot in the summer. Best part was when Leta presented the [...]
Coco is such a four-year-old kid in the sense that she's not interested in anything other than what Chuck is playing with. She fought for that tennis ball for over an hour, and when Chuck finally got bored and relinquished it she stood there like, wait a minute. This toy [...]
....cross posted from our sister site, DC Metro Moms Blog
Ok, so I expected to run into the drama and misery of my daughters' teenage years sooner or later...just not when she was 3 1/2 years old. Lately, Chatterbox is unhappy about, well, everything. I noticed that [...]
Spring has sprung for most of the country, and here in North Carolina, that means it's time for camping. Time to pull the tents and backpacks out of the attic, dust them off and air them out. And since Father's Day is only a month away, [...]
I pity you normals. Your weak flesh limbs will soon be recognized as inferior. The deadly gleam of Titanium and the deep black of carbon fiber will be the last things you see as you stumble to a stop, your sprint broken.
What is it with grandparents who give duplicate gifts to all of their grandchildren, regardless of age or gender or interests?
I understand their good intentions - namely, that they want to avoid hurt feelings and perceptions of favoritism. And they don’t want to be crass and just give cash. But [...]
I have only been blogging for 2 1/2 years, and I do not claim to know all there is to know about blogging. Nor am I one of the lucky few that have one of the most profound, humorous, honest and amazing blogs [...]
Having been around sports in one way or another for more than 30 years, I have long since come to terms with the fact that sometimes athletes get hurt. I’ve seen guys break their legs, blow out their knees and snap their Achilles tendons. I have personally taken a few [...]
Considering the BlaBla handknit animal rattles were my son's ultimate favorite, I was super excited to find out about their new line of little birdie rattles.
I might not be a huge fan of the lacy froo-froo get-ups for my daughter, but that doesn't mean I can't get sucked in by some of our awesome girlie picks.
Ask just about any former nursing mother about lanolin and she'll flinch and cross her arms over her chest. I'm having a nasty flashback myself now.
Next Sunday, May 25th (probably not an accident, but a great coincidence if so), the Phoenix Mars Polar Lander is set to touch down on the North pole of Mars in this season's blockbuster: "7 Minutes of Terror!" {cue awe-inspiring music}. At least that is [...]
I’ve written about chores here before. In the spirit of being honest, I have to tell you we abandoned Chore Wars shortly after trying it. There were 3 problems: 1) –Me. I hate having to log in separately for each [...]
(Next week it'll be all reader questions, and none of this week's self-indulgent navel gazing from me.)
I knew the body post would hit a nerve. I went to a women's college (the same one Enu went to, which is how we know each other even though we've never met IRL) [...]
Before I get to this week’s events, I want to apologize that the emails did not go out correctly this week. If you missed any of this weeks’ posts please check them out. We had some good ones: The Mommy Poppins Slacker Mom Camp Guide and a list [...]
I recently posted here about being a business owner and the trials and tribulations that involves being a SAHD of 4. I spend most of my day trying to keep a facade of Mr. Business with phone calls and meetings spent with high anxiety of a child having a [...]
Photo: Anansi, The Spiderman of Africa
My son loves trickster stories (gee I can’t imagine why). Trickster stories exist in one form or another in just about every culture. We have Bugs Bunny and Johnny Depp, but Native American and African stories are filled [...]
Cari and Baby Girl need your good energy. They are just about 28 weeks and it isn't looking like they will get much further. Please send Baby Girl "stay inside!" vibes...
[...]The Boy has nightmares--every few nights or so, he whimpers, then quiets down, then cries, then quiets down, then screams, then quiets down, and every now and again he shrieks these blood curdling shrieks that give ME nightmares.
He doesn't really wake up, and if you wake him up, he's disoriented [...]
I know that hindsight can be 20/20, but this is just tragic event that was fully unavoidable.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — A Missouri mom was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in the death of a teen who killed herself over a failed Internet romance that turned out to be [...]
The other day I read something in the news that I can’t get out of my head. It was a statement made by Margaret Mizen, mother of the 16-year-old boy who was recently killed in a frenzied knife attack in broad daylight in a London
