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Arrival at Grown-Upville
We are well into my daughter’s third week of elementary school and I would like to report that we have not been late one time! So, all of you suckers who were betting against me, cough it up – YOU LOSE. I will admit that thanks to her grandparents, my kindergartner does have her own [...]
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Tags: adulthood, alarm clock, bumper stickers, elementary school, growing up, kindergarten, my kids can beat up your honor student, parent teacher organization, pto, raising kids
The Devil Teaches Kindergarten
Today my daughter took her kindergarten assessment test. Forgive me while I switch into Proud-Mama-Mode and brag for a moment. The average score for this test is 90. My daughter scored 112. I am well on my way to having a “My kid is smarter than your kid” bumper sticker on my car. My mind [...]
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Tags: back to school, bad teachers, evil teacher, first day of school, forming children, kindergarten, parenting, teachers
Pee-Pee Paranoia
Nothing in this world is more frightening than the possibility that there is something wrong with your child. Fortunately, other than ear infections that would level grown men, my kids have always been perfectly healthy. Next week my son has an appointment at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital to see a specialist about his eyes. For the [...]
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Tags: boys, Davy Crocket hat, funny things kids say, holding crotch, kids, potty, preschoolers, raising boys
To Spank or Not to Spank
In the paper this week was an article entitled “Southern Parents Spank Their Kids.” Really? THIS is news? Obviously these people haven’t been hanging around my house lately or this would never have made the front page of the paper. This is like a page four story around here. I am a firm believer in [...]
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Tags: corporal punishment, discipline, kids, parenting, spanking
Biting Your Toenails
Isn’t life supposed to calm down after you retire? I am now in week two of my “retirement” and if anything, I seem to have less time than when I was logging forty hours a week in my office. How is that possible? In the past fourteen days I have visited five states, caught up [...]
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Tags: biting toenails, funny things kids say, kids, moms, parenting, single mom
Shhhhhhhhhhht!
The older I get, the more I realize that I am quickly turning into my mother. While once upon a time I would’ve NEVER admitted this in writing or even thought it possible, today not only do I recognize it, I’m actually very proud of it. My mother loved and parented me well. I did [...]
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Tags: becoming my mother, curse words, kids, mothers, profanity, southern baptist
Somesing Berry Sewious
When I brought my baby girl home from the hospital someone told me, “Enjoy it while she’s little because it will go by faster than you think.” That first week at home felt like anything but FAST. A ”sludge-like eternity” would be much more accurate. I remember thinking to myself, “I WILL NEVER GET TO [...]
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Worms and Princesses
I’ll never forget the day of my 20 week ultrasound when I was pregnant with my daughter. My mother held my hand as the doctor pointed out three tiny white dots on the screen and said, “It’s a girl!” If I hadn’t already been lying down, I would’ve fainted. Instead, I cried. These were not [...]
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Tags: gender, girls, parenting, princess dress, ultrasound
Free To A Good Home
If you are my “real world” friend you will know that I use my cell phone for everything, including managing my shopping lists. Let me copy and paste for you my shopping list for today: BreadMilkCheeseSausageTomato SaucePeanut ButterVodka… lots of VodkaGround BeefChickenYogurt Now let me tell you about my day. It’s Saturday and it’s very [...]
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Tags: kids, single moms
A coworker once told me when I was pregnant with my daughter, “Enjoy it while you can. She’ll be grown before you know it.” I must have heard this cliché a hundred times in my short while as a young mother but during two a.m. feedings and diaper changes it felt like I was going [...]
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Tags: birthdays, disney, parenting, Vacations Delux
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