At Al’s house there has been a recent push on enforcing manners and being polite. I am aware of the situation, and do my best to give Al accolades when appropriate. We are at the bank this morning. School is back in session, so I just have my 2 four-year olds, Al and Shush (read the…
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The Name Game
I am tired of referring to my children as the 8 year old, the 6 year old, and the 4 year old. Plus they have birthdays coming up, and then it is just going to get real confusing to those of you who do not know me and my children in real life. For reasons…
Beyond Kids Chores
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…
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…
Leaving the stress behind
I am departing this morning on a short trip to de – stress and already I feel better. When an unplanned ear infection (ok, is there any other kind?) meant my son couldn’t fly I was going to cancel this vacation all together. We had planned to attend Airventure in Oshkosh, with the B2Osh group…
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…
Turn that Frown Upside Down…We All Have Rough Times
We all have bad days, or runs of days, weeks, months and I’m not even sure this one is done yet for me. I find it helpful (writing it even more-so) to count my blessings instead of wallowing in my frustration. I know you’ve all had times like this so take some comfort in knowing someone…