Olympic fatigue

I told you I had issues. My latest is “Olympic Fatigue.” It’s real. I saw it on the news. Comes from staying up WAY TOO LATE night after night in order to watch the Olympics. I SO have Olympic Fatigue. And to make matters worse, I also have baby-won’t-sleep-through-the-night fatigue. But that part wasn’t on [...]

Where does he get this stuff?

So we’re eatin’ lunch today and here’s what my 5-year-old busts out with: Him: “Grandmas are moms without rules.” Me: “Oh, where did you hear that?” Him: “Nowhere, I just thought of it.”

She cracks. me. up.

So I’m trying to get things organized around here before the school year overtakes us.  This morning we were in my daughter’s room.  She’s 8 and is just entering the “tween” stage.   Oh my. This gives me a little stress, but that’s another post. Regardless of how much the two of us need to [...]

A people-pleasing parent. Not a good combination.

So I have this issue. (As if you didn’t know that.) I talked before about my people-pleasing tendencies, but now I’ve kicked it up a notch by having them WITH MY OWN CHILDREN. (Caps were probably not necessary there to get my point across because if you stop to think about it for any length [...]

Drowning prevention for babies 6 months old & up

Our oldest two have made good progress in swimming lessons this summer, but I’m considering forkin’ out the cash for our younger two to do this. If they ever fell into water, it would be the best money we ever spent. From the ISR (Infant Swimming Resource) website: The idea behind Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) [...]

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