Category Archives: Parenting

The one ton oven in my driveway

I always thought it was cute to see the kids pretending to drive my van or my car. I remember as a kid, sitting in the driver's seat myself, pretending to be cruising down the road at mach speed, checking out what switch did this or that. What button cranked up the radio or turned ...

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Too Much Friend, Not Enough Parent?

There is a delicate balancing act that I do every day, sometimes with great success and sometimes with MOM FAIL stamped across my forehead like a neon sign. From the start, I had a feeling that Brian would be the disciplinarian and I'd be the laid back parent. Some times we switch roles, like when I'm ...

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I’m Telling Mom!!

Oh yes, by far the three most popular words in my house this summer so far. Every time I hear them I can't wait for what someone must tell me. That's a lie. I can't stand hearing those words. Having someone scream "I'm telling mom", "Oooh I'm tellin", or "wait ...

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Happy Father’s Day!

If I haven't said it yet, Happy Father's Day to all of the dads and husbands celebrating today. I'm finding it hard to put together the right words to say how I'm feeling on father's day. I am blessed enough to have an amazing father who taught me how to roll with what life throws at ...

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Learning to be Cyber Safe as We Go

There's a reason that people say, "never say never". It's because you're NEVER supposed to say that you'll never do something... or that something will never happen. Like me saying that Bug would never have a his own cellphone because a year ago, I got him a prepaid one and now he's graduated to being ...

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