Category Archives: Growing Up

Before They Grow Up; 5 Things For My Kids to Do

I started thinking the other day about some of the things that I did as a teenager. Some of them were good... some of them were bad. And so I wondered, Bug's world is vastly different than the one I grew up in, I wonder if he's going to do these things. I mean, there's ...

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Like I Didn’t See This Coming… And A Guilty Parent Award

Let's pretend for a minute that I didn't see this happening. I saw it coming miles away and it was only a matter of time before it happened. But let's pretend for a minute or three that I didn't. Two years ago, Miley Cyrus was all kinds of tore up over this photo shoot with ...

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Help! My Personal Space Has Been Reduced to -3.0

I love to cuddle, I really do. I like good morning kisses. I adore the rubbing noses together and the little toes under my covers in the morning. Honest. But, the 24/7 hanging on me has got to stop. He's not teething, he's not scared, and he's not sick. He's just way. too. close. While I'm cooking ...

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My Views and Review of Teenage Pregnancy and The Pregnancy Pact

If I've ever given the impression that I know everything about being a mom, then you haven't been reading long enough to see how I screw it up on an hourly basis. The Twitter hashtag #momfail was created with me in mind, I'm sure. Along those lines if I've ever led you to believe that I'm ...

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Wordless Wednesday: A Sucker For These Baby Blues

I can be wishy washy, I can back out on discipline, I can let bedtimes go by without even batting an eye... And this is why:

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