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Every Time A Bell Rings

February 5, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Mystical creatures are big around our house, mainly because I leverage them to blackmail/terrify my kids into good behavior as much as possible. Santa, the Easter bunny, Elf on the Shelf... heck we even had a Stay in Bed Fairy who helped Nick and I finish Mad Men season 6. The tooth fairy isn't my favorite, mainly because she's a lot of work with little to no return. Her ...

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Filed In: Ellie, Hadley, kids, Motherhood, parenting / Tagged: tooth fairy

The Wonderful, Awful, Lucky, Cursed, Beautifully Frustrating World of ADD

March 2, 2017 · 19 Comments

It's difficult to explain what it's like to have a child with ADD to someone who has never experienced it first hand. "Oh, it takes my daughter forever to put on her shoes and socks too. That doesn't mean she has ADD. That's just kids, dude." What my friends don't realize is that I'm talking about the literal forever. I could tell my daughter to put on her shoes and socks ...

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Filed In: Ellie, kids, Motherhood, Nervous breakdowns, parenting / Tagged: ADD, ADHD, Girls with ADD

The Day I Killed The Elf On The Shelf: A Holiday Card

December 23, 2016 · 4 Comments

I didn't send out Christmas cards this year because 2016 got me like: I can barely listen to the Christmas station without wanting to give the radio a double bird. Each time I sat down to put our shiny, happy picture on a card with the headline, "Best year ever!" I wanted to vomit. "Maybe I'll feel less repulsed at... well everything... tomorrow," I thought to myself every ...

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Filed In: kids, Motherhood, Nervous breakdowns, parenting / Tagged: bad parenting moments, christmas, christmas letter, elf on the shelf, holiday letter

Twenty Questions

February 29, 2016 · Leave a Comment

I read somewhere that children ask an average of 250 questions a day. Take that, times my three kids, and you’ll understand why I have a permanent eyelid twitch and bring my wine with me into the shower. Most of the questions are easy and take little to no thought — “Why are you yelling at that guy if he can’t hear you?” Because he is driving like a complete ass hat! For ...

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Filed In: kids, Motherhood, parenting / Tagged: Parenting, stop talking, twenty questions

How to Become Your Own Worst Nightmare Just By Growing Up

October 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment

For whatever reason, my favorite movie as a kid was Mommie Dearest.  Admittedly, an odd choice for a child.  I could tell you that it was because there was something inspiring about Christina's plight for justice and subsequent karmic satisfaction when she publicly (posthumously) exposed her mother for the monster she was. Or maybe even that it encouraged me to appreciate my ...

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Filed In: kids, Motherhood, parenting / Tagged: mommie dearest, st louis crisis nursery

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