By Ambrosia Brody of Random Aspects of My Life It’s that time of year again! Time to pester my husband to go up to the attic to lug all the Christmas decorations so I can pilfer through them. One item I’m hiding under the extra wrapping paper is the damn Elf […]
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The Laugh-Cry: 10 Sure-Fire Triggers
By Julia Arnold of FranticMama.com You know the times in your life when you can’t really muster an all-out sob fest because the situation doesn’t quite merit real, actual tears, and you can’t explode into joyful laughter because that would just be too twisted, but something needs to come out? […]
9 Reasons I Seriously Miss Having a Toddler (Yes, You Read That Right!)
By Mary McLaurine of The Heart of Sassy Lassie 1. The Make-Up Hug After the exhausting temper tantrum of epic proportion begins to wane and the flailing arms and rubber-legged portion of the battle subsides, it finally arrives—that moment of inevitable collapse. It is then the bleary, tear-stained face of […]
Payback Is a Mother, My Darling Children
By Charlotte McMullen of RuckusGirl.com Payback will be hell for my adult children’s possessions. I like to imagine what it will be like when my kids are grown and no longer making it their daily mission to destroy everything in my home. Vengeance will be mine. *** MAGICAL PAYBACK DAYDREAM *** […]
7 Reasons Why My 7-Year-Old Has PMS
By Megan Peterson Every day I am rocked by the reality that my kids are growing up at an accelerated rate. Call them threenagers or 7-going-on-17, it is a common topic when stories are swapped on soccer sidelines, at play date pick-ups and even over adult drinks. Observing my girls […]
Guilty Pleasures Only Parents Understand
By Grace Wisser of Wonderful Life of Mom Much has been written about the fact that parenthood puts you on the front lines of human excretion and bodily fluids. Sometimes this means being the lucky recipient of your child’s projectile vomiting. Other times it revolves around the constant maintenance children need […]
10 Paradoxes of Parenting
By Christine Organ of christineorgan.com I went into parenthood knowing nothing – though before having kids, I sure felt like I knew everything. Little did I know just how little I knew. Over time I did learn a few things. I think. I learned how to feed a newborn while simultaneously […]
How to Exploit Your Child’s Obsession with the Zombie Apocalypse
By Lydia Huxley If your child is convinced, and I’m sure they are, that the world will end at the hands of a zombie hoard, you’ve likely heard plenty about their plans to fight off the undead creatures and get to safety. But don’t be so sure that your little […]