My kid had a birthday and she had all this new stuff. Shiny new ridiculous toys with lots of small parts. Lots of friends, lots of family. It was awesome. Until everyone wanted to share her brand new stuff and she introverted out and didn’t want to share or talk to anyone. Her eyes were… Continue reading How to Teach Your Kids to Share
Just a non-exhaustive list of stuff that threatens my sanity, sometimes. Paper everywhere. I got my kids scissors. Ones with safe edges. Well, that was a lame idea. Because now they cut everything. And their friends come over and are like, “wait, what? you got scissors?” and then they cut everything, too. And then there are small… Continue reading Ultimate Enemies to Mom Sanity (part one)
People. As of last Friday around lunch time, I became a real life mom. Yeah sure, I pushed my first baby out 6.5 years ago, and then 3 more… But last week I packed a big ole lunch of pb&j’s and apple slices and water bottles and Annie’s Organic Bunny snacks (move over goldfish), and… Continue reading Kind of Hard
