The weekend was a tiring march from one required task to the next: dishes, laundry, clean house for party to which I’m not invited and must hide with the children in the kitchen and bedrooms, smear food off the floor…
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Sometimes They Surprise You
Posted in Parenting Tagged with: child harbat, number two, parenting, reading, runny nose, toddlers, vaccinations
Learning How to Complain
Number Two has been working on his complaining skills. You’d think this is instinctual but toddlers are able to move up to the major leagues when it comes to protest. At over 1 ½ now, Number Two is finally realizing…
Posted in Parenting Tagged with: CH, crying, everything tears, number two, parenting, toddlers, whining
Thursday Grab Bag
What I love about Thursday Grab Bag is no rules! Nothing is too random or inconsequential! Let’s get started. [Tuesday night, dinnertime. Scene opens on the kitchen table where Number Two is sitting in high chair and emitting loud shrieks,…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: breakfast, CH, dreams, fashion, grab bag, number two, parenting, random
Imperial Minivan
My journey towards the dark side is complete. I now own a minivan in glossy piano black that looks like a shard of Darth Vader’s helmet. I have no qualms about driving this vehicle since it looks cool, drives like…
Posted in Products Tagged with: cleaning products, emperor palpatine, honda odyssey, minivan, parenting, wipes
Foraging and Bad Haircuts
My boy learns quickly. On his regular wagon rides around the yard and garden, in which he thrusts his arm forward like a Roman charioteer, we often stop to pick fresh strawberries. Now when I put him down to roam…
Posted in Gardening, Parenting Tagged with: bangs, children, clippers, garden, haircuts, learn from my mistakes, number two, parenting, strawberries
Relinquishing Manhood
Ever since the car crash we’ve been driving around a rental car and trying to figure out what kind of car to buy. Oh, I know, First World Problems, but we hadn’t been planning on buying a car and haven’t…
Posted in Parenting, Products Tagged with: car shopping, cars, manhood, minivan, parenting, third-row seating
A Day for Mothers
After the events of last week, the basic principles of life and family have been on my mind a lot. I’ve written a lot about parenting over the last six hundred and sixty blog posts, but one of the things…
Getting’ Clippy With It
This is what you end up with when you play “ponies” with your five-year old daughter. I never figured out the rules of this game, but the outcome was fun just for the sake of fun. Everyone should get to…
Life of a Boy
These are the things my son does that I love: When I pick him up from preschool he sees me from across the room, lets out a happy yip, and crawls to me at top speed, arms and legs…
Thursday Grab Bag
Just like Taco Tuesday or Pizza Friday, this blog needs a themed day. And since I’m UncleF#*k-Up I get to declare a day and then promptly ignore or forget about it. Today’s grab bag starts with things going wrong in…
Posted in Parenting, Uncategorized Tagged with: CH, eating, food, hair, mess, number two, parenting, toddlers
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