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Jellybeans
“You know what I mean jellybean,” I say to Bri a few weeks ago. Immediately, she smirkly replies, “I know we’re very OUT jellybeans, Mom.” I spend so much time trying to extract the positive from every situation that I sometimes neglect to see that I’m completely out. Mom’s aren’t unlike their kids, in a…
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The Very First Birthday…Sprint to the Finish.
“Mom,” says my oldest, Brianne….”IT’S going to be LO LO’S VERY FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!!!” (Not sure why she adds the word ‘very’ to every phrase…but it’s too cute to correct.) Well I’m out of babies…and hoping to stay that way through this next baby bug (people I know getting pregnant everywhere!!) All of you….keep that contagious…
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Soggy Cheerio’s
We all endure tests throughout life. They shape our character and reflect all the repeated quotations that have stuck to and motivated us throughout our lives.
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The Spank.
As a parent, what do you do when time out just doesn’t work anymore? Can you ground a toddler? Where to? To play with her toys in her room? That would be her ideal situation. Spank? GASP. Never… Never say never, right? When faced between leaving the toddler in charge of their world or take…
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Yo no hablo español…somebody is going to kill you, Mom.
There I was, sitting in a Caribbean paradise, wishing I had paid a little closer attention to Handy Manny, Dora, and Diego. Yep, I said it…and really wished it. What’s worse in the eyes of a foreign country…that you butcher their language trying to say something…or opt to be lazy and just speak English because…
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