Best intentions

  “I would never buy Cheetos, but his speech therapist recommended it.  I know, I am just so embarrassed.  But they are for medicinal purposes”…this was honestly overheard at Starbucks while waiting for theatre class to end. I will start by saying, this motherhood thing is complicated.  There was no manual that showed up in the [...]

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7-year-old Gems

My child is always witty, however there are days when his witty brilliance amazes me more than others.  Today was one such day, where he was particularly serious yet rather insightful. So I thought I would share a few 7-year-old gems…. 1)  I think I will get her a chess set for her birthday.  Chess is [...]

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Fighting the inner “Alpha Mom”

I just have to come out and say it.  Yes, I have a tendency to be the “Alpha Mom”.  I know, it is just so hard to believe!  You know the type…those moms who think they can do everything better than everyone else and it just won’t get done right unless they do it themselves.  [...]

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“I just couldn’t live without the Internet”

“I just couldn’t live without the Internet”.  Were the words that came out of my son’s mouth this morning as I encouraged him to play with his toys and not jump right onto Hotwheels.com when his playdate arrived.  Raising a techno kid is a challenge, mainly because things are so different now then they where [...]

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Mama is always right, at least this time.

This last week the school had it annual book fair.  The kids were allowed to preview the book fair and make a list of all the books they want, enabling parents can be informed shoppers.  The list came home to our house with the following titles: Bug Vacuum Monster Truck Building ATM personal bank and lastly….Calculator [...]

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7th Birthday Bash!

I can remember my 7th birthday like it was yesterday..Slumber party at my dad’s condo, I got a new Ken doll and we had donut holes for breakfast. Nothing much more exciting than that. Life used to be so simple. Somewhere birthday parties for kids became a production. So this year, Gavin wants a pool [...]

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Blah, blah, blah

Studies show that women speak thousands of words more a day then men.  We all know that is true, especially for me, I have a lot to say.  But has anyone ever done a study on how many words a six-year-old little boy says in relation to any other human being.  It has been nonstop [...]

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The Perils of Motherhood and Junior Basketball

We are almost through our season of Jr. Basketball and thank goodness. We have successfully managed the two nights a week practices and the Saturday games. My guy is loving it and getting better every practice. So it is safe to say the experience has been a success, except he really isn’t good at it [...]

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Be very, very quiet…

…Gavin is taking a nap. Why is this important you ask? Well, I have finally regained control of my computer. Three days ago, Gavin came home in tears that he was the only kid who didn’t have a Webkinz. What the?? So, as any good mother would do I immediately Googled Webkinz, determined that I [...]

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Summer Camp Bliss

We are in full summer camp swing right now and let me just say we are starting out on a good roll. Last week Gavin finished his Science camp at the Science center. What a slam dunk hit for mom! Five fun filled days of potty humor and discussing things animals and humans do (the [...]

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