Archive for September, 2010

Creativity Gone Bad

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

I wanted to make some cute recycled crayon shapes for my daycare kids. After spending hours peeling & chopping the stupid crayons I was ready to melt them. Instead of using a regular muffin pan I remembered that I had a flower shaped pan. Great idea! The kids could have big flower shaped crayons to [...]

SMARTT: Getting Your Kiddos to Stay in Bed

Monday, September 27th, 2010

It’s midnight. You’ve had a long day and all you can think about is your head hitting the pillow. Finally, you are comfy & your heavy eyelids are about to close when you feel a tug on your blanket. “Mommy, can I sleep with you? Mommy! I can’t sleep! Mommy! I’m thirsty! Mommmmmmyyyy!” Do you [...]

First SMARTT Advice

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

I’ve been working on the SMARTT topics, and I  feel like a hypocrite. Because as I write about parenting, I’m having some issues with Teen. Not anything life changing… nothing no other parent has dealt with, but it feels like I’m the only one in the world dealing with it right now.Feeling alone while parenting [...]

Sugar Daddy’s Month

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

Doesn’t he look like he adores me? This is him…. hating having his picture taken. And I’m annoying him, as usual. This is how our marriage works. His birthday is coming up. To celebrate I have treated him to a birthday month instead of just one day. His love language is acts of service, which [...]

SMARTT

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

Sugar Mama’s Advice for Raising Toddlers to Teens Does that sound official? Because it’s not. But it IS something I’ve thinking about for a while. I’m not a perfect parent. My children are not perfect children. They are well-behaved, social, do well in school, respect people…. but they have their flaws like we all do. [...]

Just Talk Already!

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Cell phones. I have one. Sugar Daddy has one. Teen & Tween do not. And there lies the reason for our most recent family argument. Teen, who in the past didn’t care to have a cell phone, now has a sudden need for one. That sudden need: a girl. This post is not about should [...]

15 Things I No Longer Have in Common With My Child Bearing Friends (or Friends With Young Children)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Since Sugar Daddy and I had our children young… like, super young, most of my friends are still having babies. Or their children are small. None of my friends have a teenager. It’s hard sometimes because when I need to vent about the daily drama of life with a Tween or Teen they just don’t [...]

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