Tag Archive: Parenting

Jun
01
2009

Family Bonds

Well I have officially finished my 5.5 week stretch as a single parent. I expected it would totally suck.  I expected to be tired, burned out, short-tempered with my girls, and generally just not loving the time alone.  But I was pleasantly surprised.  My experience was far from what I expected.  It was actually wonderful in …

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Feb
05
2009

We’re Just a Couple of Watermelons

Mike and I were talking tonight about the kids.  I told him about my day with K and her tantrums.  She’s turning 2 so they are to be expected.  Today she was at her finest with a couple of great tantrums, black pen on a white door, and mischief making instead of napping.  So it’s …

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Feb
05
2009

It Happened.

This morning something happened that I knew was coming eventually, but always hoped never would.  A moment I was dreading.  A moment that sort of confirms what you’ve done right and wrong as a parent.  Possibly it’s a rite of passage as a parent, I don’t know, but it certainly feels like one. I was …

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Jan
16
2009

The Grocery Game

So today it was freaking cold outside.  And not just the usual cold, where really it’s not THAT cold, I’m just a wimp!   Nope it was really really cold.  And of course we are out of all the major things in the house.  I have little to no desire to go out in the cold, …

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Jan
09
2009

Patience is a Virtue?

Really? I’m starting to think that patience is just a pain in the ass. I always thought that I was a patient and easy going person. But after dealing with two small children, I’m beginning to wonder. I have realized that patience is one of my many weak points as a mother. Even though I …

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