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Free at Last!
The house is silent, no one is whining or begging for food, TV, or bubbles. Yes, today is brought to you by the number 0, for zero children at home, by the letter D, for the daycare where they are …...
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Defending the Devil Herself
When Marissa Mayer was hired as CEO of Yahoo, women everywhere got very, very excited. Marissa was going to be the role model for working mothers everywhere. She was going to show us how we can have it...
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Setting Goals for Parenting
Nearly anyone can become a parent without necessarily trying to become a parent. You have a little late night fun and all of a sudden, BAM, you’re a parent! Sure, it isn’t that effortless for everyone,...
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When you want to murder your children: Monday Quotes #30
“There will no doubt be a moment where you will want to murder your child.” - Vicki at Mommy Mishaps Vicki has just started blogging at Mommy Mishaps and I look forward to reading about the crazy...
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The Greatest Toy Ever Folded aka Paper Airplanes
The latest and greatest toy in our household is the simple (and sometimes not-so-simple) paper airplane. It all started when one of my son’s daycare teachers folded him a paper airplane. He was...
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Don’t look at me! Monday Quotes #31
“Don’t look at me!” My little girl. Lately, my kids have been having a special kind of conflict during mealtimes. They sit across from each other at the table. For some mysterious reason, my daughter...
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Barney Confession
I don’t hate Barney the purple dinosaur. Both of my kids like watching his shows. It’s probably my fault because I banned it for so long. It has now become the go-to show in our house. I’m more than a...
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Happy birthday and sorry about the party
Tomorrow is my daughter’s 3rd birthday. She really, really wants a Dora party. I’m hoping she doesn’t really know what she’s asking for, because all she’s getting is a Dora ice cream cake from DQ and...
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Kids and money
Last week my son got a kick-ass gift from his little cousin. A Spiderman splat ball. He thought it was the greatest thing ever. He spent the whole day throwing it against the walls, against the...
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Just like pancakes: Monday Quotes #33
“Kids are like pancakes. The first one is always a throw-away.” One of the nerds on Big Bang Theory I don’t even know what the episode was about, all I heard was this line and it cracked me up. Not …...
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Pick Me Up Later
This morning on the drive to daycare, my son asked me if I could pick him and his sister up from daycare later. I was a bit surprised. Is he begging for a longer daycare day? I’m game. What will …...
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Anatomy of a First Camping Trip with Kids
I shared in a recent post about our plans to go camping this past weekend. We did it. Want to know how it went? Of course you do. Friday: drop children off at daycare pack everything load up the...
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Happy hit up your neighbors for candy day!
We love Halloween at our place! We make our own costumes (mostly), we decorate the house, we carve at least 10 pumpkins – I’ll post pics of those later, and all four of us dress up. This year hubs will...
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The dreaded L-word
My darling husband had just whisked me off to Vancouver for a fabulous kid free weekend (Happy 40th Birthday to me) in Vancouver. It was fun and relaxing and by the time we were headed home, we were...
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Pushing Buttons
Every morning as we get to the top of the steps in front of my daughter’s daycare building, she rushes up to press the access button to open the door. Every morning we stand there patiently waiting for...
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Taking turns in the morning
With two kids who are less than 2 years apart, we’ve had to get serious about making “turn taking” a daily part of our lives. They take turns pushing buttons on the elevator, they take turns eating...
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What kids tell their teachers
Last week was our annual parent/teacher meeting with my son’s grade one teacher. We had just gotten his report card the week before that, and no real surprises. He’s doing well in school, but has...
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A Dirty Rotten Christmas Blessing
May your children remember that they’re being watched, By Santa and his elves and that weirdo on the shelf. May they keep close in mind that their behavior these days, Could boot them off the nice list...
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Where did the time go?
It came as a bit of a shock to realize that this year, my son is turning seven. It’s not like I haven’t noticed him turn four, then five, start school, then turn six, and then start grade one. I …...
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An unconcious desire to strangle the kidlets
As I was sitting in my daughter’s room this morning, for half an hour, trying to remain calm and resisting the urge to run screaming away while outwardly calm and gently encouraging her to just pick a...
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