Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged family, home, kids, parenting, twins on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »
This week has been interesting. Instead of four kids, I’ve had six here since Monday night. (Hence, my sluffing off on the post-a-day thing.)
A friend of mine had a job interview in Idaho and so I volunteered to take her 7-year-old twins for the week.
They’re good girls, and they’ve been having a great time with [...]
Posted in Lessons, tagged kids, parenting, family, cleaning, mom, clean house, housework on May 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was single and first married, i.e., before I had kids, I was a fabulous housekeeper. My house was always sparkling and straightened up almost perfectly. I was a little obsessive about it, plus it was remarkably easy to keep that way, even though I felt like I was constantly cleaning up after my husband.
Ha! The [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged kids, parenting, family, children, mom, motherhood, new mom, baby on May 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
1. You will be covered in spit-up and other bodily fluids for the first year.
2. Babies are quick, especially when diaperless — be armed with towels.
3. Getting a shower AND brushing your teeth in the same day may be too much to ask for awhile.
4. The window for running errands between feeding times whizzes by. [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged children, family, kids, mommy, myth, new mom, parenting on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
1. You can take a shower or use the bathroom without an audience when you have kids under 5.
2. The magic marker in your toddler’s hair, ears, nose and clothing will come right out.
3. You’ll get eight consecutive hours of shut-eye once the baby starts “sleeping through the night.”
4. You won’t mind puke, poop and [...]
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