parenting

A little encouragement goes a long way

April 29, 2013

Yesterday we took the kids to Costco. It’s an event that never ends well. No one wants to stay in the cart. There’s whining. The samples don’t come fast enough or god forbid, they don’t like them. The kids want to wander down every aisle. I am pretty sure we’ve never left without tears. A fun …

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Did you know a chair can be symbolic?

April 15, 2013

It’s starting. I know it seems so minor, but to me, it’s huge, epic even. Bug no longer wants to use his “youth” chair. The high chairs we use for our kids grow with them. Bug first sat in his at 6 months old and up until last week, he sat in it every day for three …

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Sometimes time just stops

April 9, 2013

I’ve been in a bit of a funk lately, but I think dark clouds are finally lifting. We’ve all been healthy (knock on wood) for almost two weeks now. The sun is shining, birds are chirping and flip flops are on. I get so caught up in the day to day drudgery – …

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What baby wipes do you use? {giveaway}

March 6, 2013

We use a lot of baby wipes in this house, a LOT. I’ve tried several varieties but I always return to one brand, as they are infinitely better than all the rest in my opinion. But when I had the chance to try the new and improved Free & Clear wipes from Seventh Generation, I figured …

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Where’s My Gold Star: Mind Reading

March 4, 2013

There are days that I’m extremely thankful for Facebook. Those days are usually the ones where someone posts some crazy parenting debacle and it garners 100 likes and 25 comments in an hour. Last week it was me. The debacle was the one that anyone with a four year old is likely familiar with. I just couldn’t play his …

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Introducing my new link-up: Where’s My Gold Star?

January 14, 2013

Parenting can be amazing, awesome and full of delights. It can also be ridiculously frustrating. Those are the days when I really wish someone would come in my house and hand me a gold star…simply for completing the day. So I decided to create a weekly linky where we can all share those frustrations and the small …

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