Image credit: Photo by doug88888 on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Summers are hard. Enjoyable, yes, but also draining. My kids like routine and predictability, and frankly, so do I. In the summer, there can be routines, but they're different from the rest of the year, and they change more frequently. The whole world seems [...]
Posts under ‘am I really going to miss this age when they grow up?’
The Leisurely Life of a Stay-at-Home Mom
Image credit: Art by georgia.g on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When my son was first born, I actually spent some time doing that thing that we stay-at-home moms supposedly spend our lazy, bon-bon eating days doing: I watched television. Now, I know, folks who haven't actually been stay-at-home parents to a colicky infant -- [...]
Caring for Myself
Image credit: Photo by hyperbolic pants explosion on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons There's a picture of me somewhere, when my son was a few months old, sitting at the computer and uploading pictures of him to share. I got lots of advice to sleep when the baby slept. I was told by plenty of [...]
Not Such a Good Neigh Bear®
Image credit: Photo by thescotty on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons Like all good, slightly overprotective, digitally inclined parents, I subscribed to the Consumer Product Safety Commission's free e-mail news bulletins when my first child was born. Each day I would vigilantly checked my e-mail (I'm such a good mom), ready to whisk dangerous products [...]
Haikus for a Tired Mama
Kids come rushing in: "Mama, help!" "I want..." "I need..." Arrival on cue! What is it I do to guarantee the onslaught? It's simple: sit down. P.S. I didn't finish those haikus before the kids needed me.
Summer Break: Day One
Ugh! I am so done;I am so done with summer.When will fall be here?
Calling a Parental Bluff
Photo credit:Photo by nycgeo on Flickr It's after 10 p.m. again. My son (thanks to a combination of allergies, excitement over a special event at school tomorrow and the weather) was up more than an hour past his usual bedtime. So, I have been in the presence of kids (excluding the two hours a day [...]
Offline
Photo credit: Photo byjaybowalkin on Flickr MPJ is experiencing technical difficulties.* Please stand by. *Let's just say that the difficulties were caused by an incident involving a precariously placed laptop and two overtired kids. Sigh! Mama will be back as soon as she has reliable access to a working computer again. (Trust me, Mama can't [...]
