Have we lost control of our kids?
The worst age
Kids are capaple of driving even the most dedicated parent insane. Every age has its drawbacks. But which one's the worst? (read the post...)
One in the limelight, the other in the shadows
....and mom is the scale to balance it out...
Sometimes one child gets to be in the limelight, and that's when the rivalry starts. (read the post...)
The best policy
I received a call from the landlord the other day. A call from the landlord is rarely a good thing. If you pay your rent on time (which I do), keep good repertoire with your neighbors (we borrow sugar from each other regularly, as well as pawn each other’s kids off on each other), and follow the rules of the complex to a tee (kitty? what kitty?), you can pretty much keep the landlord away. So a phone call from the landlord was not on my list of favorite phone calls to receive. We exchanged the normal pleasantries before she got to the meat of the phone call.
“Was the Taz at your apartment over the weekend?” It was the Ex’s turn to take the Taz and DQ from Friday through Sunday, and I was away on vacation, so I breathed a sigh of relief.
“No, he was at his dad’s house all weekend.” But then I thought a little harder.... (more...)
"Mom? Mom? MOM???"
I heard recently that toddlers interrupt their mothers nearly 400 times a day. That is roughly 40 times during every single waking hour of their day! I find this number to be astronomical – yet completely believable. I mean, how many times have we answered question after question when we are in the middle of another conversation, or have had to finally acknowledge the “Mom? Mom? Mom?” after ignoring it (or not even hearing it, as we’ve become so used to tuning it out) the first 20 times? (more...)
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