Children, at least mine, seem to have big ears at inconvenient times. It always amazes me how their ears work perfectly when it is something I don’t want them to hear. However, ask them to pick up their toys or come to the table for dinner and suddenly they can’t hear! My younger boy went… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter E for Ears
A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter C for Cars & Trucks
“The Mother of Boys Hands on the cupboard and shoes in the hall. Toilet seats up and there’s mud on the wall. The shelves in the kitchen are constantly bare. There’s toys on the couch and jeans on the chair. Wrestling and mud and cars and noise; I’m sure you guessed…I’m the mother of boys!”… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter C for Cars & Trucks
I’m not a princess, a queen, or a beautiful forest fairy. I don’t host tea parties, rule over elegant soirees, or sprinkle magic fairy dust. No, none of those things. Nor am I the venomous spider with a black body and red markings; a spider that eats the male partner after mating. I am not… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter B for Black Widow
“When god made little boys he made them out of string. He found he had a bit too much so he left a little thing. When god made little girls he made them out of space. He found out he didn’t have enough so he left a little space.” – Unknown Anatomy, or elements of… Continue reading A – Z Blogging Challenge, Raising Boys: The Penis Chronicles presents the Letter A for Anatomy
If we were having coffee I would start by telling you that I am happily participating for the first time in the A – Z blogging challenge. The theme reveal is on the 20th of March. I will be posting a short piece every day except Sundays for the month of April. My theme for… Continue reading If we were having coffee at the end of March
So it is cold, and the ground is covered in snow and ice. Its early in the morning, the school bell is seconds away from ringing the children into their classrooms. I am walking out the end of the school that houses the daycare. I am sliding my feet back into my boots and putting… Continue reading Weekly Smile: Just Socks
Here are 7 inspirational parenting quotes that I really enjoyed and wanted to share with you. There was something about each one of them that rang true. I hope you enjoy them, and if you have any others to share please add them in the comment section below. “My children are the reason I laugh,… Continue reading Parenting Quotes for Today
Today’s post is written by a childhood friend, Marcia Siekowski. Other examples of Marcia’s writing can be found in TWINS Magazine and Durham Parents of Multiples Newsletter. Confessions of a Twin Mom – Fur Babies I have two dogs, Hungarian Vizslas. They are 5.5 years and they have seen our family through many changes: miscarriages,… Continue reading Confessions of a Twin Mom – Fur Babies (Guest Post)
What is it with kids and their nose? I realize that nose picking is a stage, a yucky stage, that is sometimes accompanied by eating the object that has been picked, but I’m beginning to think there is a lost mile stone involved here: nose stuffing. Nose stuffing being the act of industriously hiding objects… Continue reading Up the Nose: The lost milestone
Taking children to funerals is a controversial topic: should they attend, is there an appropriate age, etcetera? For us, like most, it wasn’t something we had discussed beyond the shared idea that it is a highly personal decision. When we were faced with the decision about whether to take our son, who was not yet… Continue reading “It’s Okay Mom!” Children’s exposure to Death, A positive note on a very emotional topic
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 