I have been having a problem with my kids doing chores so I made my 8 year old (whom I will refer to as Sultana henceforth) look up age appropriate chores. I figured if she can look up how to play animal jams and find cheat codes online she can look up a list of…
Power Bracelet
I know all of you know by now that I have 3 little girls (8, 6 and 4). That is how most of my posts start out. And most of you know that I watch a little boy and his big sister a couple of days a week (ages 4 and 6). That poor little…
Constructive Educational Road Rage
Please don’t judge me till you finish this article. I know as a responsible adult I should be in charge of my emotions at all times infront of my children. Let me start with the background information first… 1. I live in Michigan where it is said that we have two seasons. Winter and road construction….
Singing in the Rain
My kids have some sort of internal sensor in them that says they MUST be outside for a bit of energy every day. I am okay with that. In fact, I think it’s healthy (although sometimes inconvenient for me seeing as I can not leave them unattended as of yet). I am afraid, like most…
Tea Party Anyone? (That means the moms too!)
Two weeks ago A1 called and invited my daughters to a tea party. She said to dress them up fancy. My girls were all excited and picked out their outfits the night before. So as I am making dinner the night before the tea party A1 calls and says “What are you wearing to…
Reworked… And You’ll Thank Me for It!
Okay, when I started this post 2 days ago it was 12:23 in the morning, and I was exhausted and delirious. I just got a chance to come back to it today because, you see, my life it is utter chaos, and I can not contain it! My chaos spills over into the next days and…
Girl Power
Last week I had a melt down. The hole in my ceiling that had been there since Thanksgiving had not yet been fixed, as a matter of fact the only reason there was a piece of dry wall in the hole with a rough mud job on it was because my brother did it. I…
What Little Boys are Made Of
I had a friend once tell me “I can neither take credit or blame for the words that come out of my kids mouths.” I did not fully understand this till I had 3 little bundle of joy of my own. Conversation overheard between a 4-year-old girl and boy (my girl, and the…
Beyond the Back Seat
I have a Mini-Van. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love that it does everything that I need it to do. It can haul 3 kids and 3 dogs at the same time to my mom’s house with room in the trunk for all the juice boxes and Coke Zero I require for…
Where’s My Brick?
I (H) am on the phone this afternoon talking with my friend and all of a sudden she turns into a raving lunatic. I have to start this narrative by telling you that my friend A2 is the perfect example of Southern Belle (with that cute slow southern drawl and everything). I saw her…