I started this post off with the intention of writing a witty Not Me! Monday post with MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. I had ideas for writing about how I had not missed my kids while they spent the…
Empowerment a la Fishful Thinking
It’s a new month (how in the world is it already May?!) and it’s time for a new Fishful Thinking focus for the month. This month’s focus is Empowerment. Empowerment, or self-efficacy, is believing in oneself. It is knowing what your strengths are and how to use your strengths to navigate challenges and reach your…
Ten Things I Have Learned to Unlearn
One of my favorite things about Thursdays is that I get to play along with Mama Kat’s Writing Prompts, because she always gets me thinking about things that I probably wouldn’t have thought about otherwise. Take this prompt for instance: “List 10 rules you’ve unlearned (meaning 10 things you thought were expected of you or…
Facebook Guide for Parents
Facebook is Your Child’s Online Playground…Are You Watching? Sex, Drugs… Now Facebook? Yes, it’s true. Now there is ONE MORE thing we, as parents, have to have “the talk” about. Technology has brought many wonderful things into our lives. We have monitors that let us watch our babies while they sleep. We can TIVO our…
Mommy Olympics
I was never what you’d call a great athlete. I was a star at ballet, but that was pretty much it. I stunk at soccer, basketball, volleyball (ouch!), and every other game they made us play at P.E. and recess when I was a kid. And forget Winter sports. I tried skiing several times and…
Spring Fever….It’s Not the Only Fever Going Around!
Spring Fever? Nope. That’s not what I’ve got. It already feels like full Summer around here, with several days of 85+ degree weather in Maryland (please, Utah friends: Don’t throw any rotten bananas or tomatoes at me for saying that. Remember that I did my time this Winter being stuck under several feet of snow!)…
As Fun To Say As It Is To Use
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Boudreaux’s Butt Paste. All opinions are 100% mine. Boudreaux’s Butt Paste: As many years as I used Butt Paste on my kids’ bums, I never grew tired of saying the name out loud. Say it: Butt Paste. Makes you chuckle a little, doesn’t it?…
When Kids Pick The Neighbors’ Flowers
Say thank you, with a kiss. Put them in a vase on the kitchen table. Tell them not to pick the neighbor’s flowers anymore!! And then pray that the neighbors don’t look in the window. For more Wordless Wednesday, see 5 Minutes for Mom. And be sure to check out my WordFUL Wednesday post, What…
What Does He Do All Day?
My older children are very curious about what my preschooler, AJ, does all day long while they are in school and he and I are home alone for 6 hours. None of them ever had regular and prolonged time alone with mom. There was always always another sibling around to play with. AJ, on the…
Mom’s Life-Line: Playdates and Babysitting Co-ops
I needed a life-line. I was sinking. When my third child was born in 2001, I went into a state of mommy shock. Suddenly, everything was harder. I never got sleep (compared to ALL the sleep I was getting as a mom of 2 under 3, of course). I had no social life because getting…
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