What does family meal time look like at your house? At our house, it’s often a struggle. The kids don’t like what we’re having or we’re up and down 15 times getting drinks or ketchup or second helpings. Although we love our meal times together and know the importance of family dinners, they are rarely a […]
Hilariously Wrong Stock Photos of Childbirth
I recently published a post about the things I wish I’d known (that no one told me) before giving birth. After writing it, I began to look for a picture to use for my title graphic. Type ‘childbirth’ into the search bar of any stock photo website and you’re going to get some… interesting… results. Many were […]
The Man Cold vs The Mom Cold
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. (But don’t buy ANYTHING online without going through Ebates first! They pay you to shop.) Men are pretty great. Take my husband for example. He’s an amazing father and spouse. He works hard for the kids and me every day. He can do all sorts of things that I’m […]
Five Signs Your Kids are Staging a Coup
A version of this post originally appeared on Scary Mommy. Is everything peaceful on the home front? Despite a few rough moments now and then, do you feel good about the familial order of things? Do your kids know the roles they play and and are happy with their places in the family? You poor delusional fool. Your children […]
4 Life Lessons You Won’t Learn from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
We were minutes away from the beach when the fog began to roll in. “Uh-oh!” I said to the kids, “It might not be the best day to play in the ocean. I hope the fog doesn’t stick around long.” My three year old piped up from the back seat. “I know what to do! Mickey called […]
6 Proposed Alternatives to the Facebook “Like” Button
We’ve all heard and maybe even said that there should be a Facebook ‘Dislike’ button. No one wants to ‘like’ a status update about someone’s grandma dying or their whole family coming down with the Bubonic plague, but we don’t want to ignore those statuses either. Yes, a ‘dislike’ button would help, but there are […]
Santa: Benevolent Do-Gooder or Creepy Old Man?
A version of this post first appeared on my Bangor Daily News blog in December 2012. I was sitting in the living room watching Eric and Samuel hang ornaments on the Christmas tree. White lights twinkled, the pellet stove blazed, Bing Crosby crooned in my head (we didn’t actually have music on… I’m trying to […]