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All three of my children celebrate their birthdays within two months of each other, so I have been a little overwhelmed the past few weeks trying to plan parties, find the perfect gifts (on sale), and come up with ways to make them feel special. Last week, my oldest son reminded me of some birthday…
A few days before this significant date of 9/09/09 hit us, I suddenly realized that my oldest son will be celebrating a special birthdate of his own this year! He is going to be 9 on the 9th of November, 2009! All three of my children have birthdays in the fall and I have been…
Saturday afternoon I decided to take my chances with what I knew would be a very challenging endeavor. I willingly chose that time to go to the grocery store. Oh, I knew it would mean out-of-stock items, grumpy shoppers and long lines. But I was so giddy with the thought of my new seven-day meal…
Dear Moms of the Boys Hanging Out at Starbucks on Friday Night, I’m sure that if we got to know each other we would find we have a lot in common. We might even be friends. Sure, your kids are older than mine. But you might be my age. Or maybe just a little older….
For those of you with older children, or those who live in a smaller town or anyone who basically isn’t as overprotective as I am, this post might seem a little ridiculous. But now that all three of my kids can ride their bikes beautifully with no training wheels, and now that within a week…
During our vacation last week, my husband let me take over his Blackberry during our long drive to southern Indiana. This was great because it kept him from trying to respond to his work e-mail while he was driving. It also allowed me to write funny answers to his e-mail even though people didn’t know…
I just looked at the little pregnancy calculator widget on my Google homepage and realized that I am exactly half-way done! Isn’t that hard to believe? Today marks week 20: 140 days down, and 140 days to go. Now that all of the nausea is over, I have felt so good that I STILL often…
We’ve spent a lot of time the past two days teaching my two youngest children how to ride their bikes without training wheels. We should have taught my 6-year-old last summer, or even the summer before. But he wasn’t interested. And when he isn’t interested, he can’t be convinced otherwise. It’s pretty much a losing…
For the past two weeks, my kids have had swimming lessons four days a week at the local pool. I have been amazed each day to watch my 4-year-old daughter in action. Oh, she’s good at swimming. But I’m more impressed by my little social butterfly’s ability to make friends. When it’s time to get…
With five people in our family, it seems like laundry is pretty much the story of my life. We have been using this system at our house the past few years so everyone can help make the process easier. 1. We have six BROWN laundry baskets, one for each person in the family and one…
