Category Archives: parenting

Making the Fun

My kids are Artistes.  With a capital A.  They draw and draw and draw and draw until we have absolutely no more paper.  Or whole crayons.  Or useable markers.  Because as we all know, Artistes are very hard on their supplies.  But, like all good, on their game mommies, I have a plan B.  When we run out ...

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Working Mom Choices

Calling all overscheduled moms (that would be pretty much all of us)!  I'm going to be live on The Motherhood's live talk series Monday, 2/6 (that's this Monday, peeps!).   Join this stellar panel to get tips and tricks on ways to better manage your time, separate work and home life, learn to say ...

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A Morning to Hold on to

It's only 8:17 a.m. but I'm gonna say it. I WON, MUTHAFUCKAS!  THIS MORNING WAS MY BITCH! (OMG. Did I just lose all my feminist readers?) It totally warrants a primal shout out from the rooftops because having a good morning, like a really good morning, is no small victory.  It requires pizazz and finesse and mom-savviness. That means ...

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Six

Dear Feff, This past week you lost your first tooth, got your first fat lip, and you...er...turned six. Even though I expressly told you not to. Even though you and I had a deal.  I mean, I allowed you to turn five last year, after all. "Don't worry, Mommy. I'll always be your baby." As if. So you're six. And ...

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Easy Going isn’t so Easy

I see my kids about three hours a day during the week: One hour in the mornings and two before bed.  It's enough time to play the "how was your day?" game and to remember what the people I birthed look like, but I wouldn't call it Quality Time per se. Me:  what did you guys do today? Son 1: ...

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