[This was originally written and published in October 2021, as you may be able to tell from my use of the word “cheugy”. Re-posting in October 2024, a few days after our fourth annual disastrous trip to the pumpkin patch.] Welp. Just got back from a family trip to the old pumpkin patch. It was… Continue reading 20 Easy Steps to Taking Your Kids to the Pumpkin Patch
I’m a “bad” mom. I’m also a good mom. That must apply to almost every mother out there, because we’re all human and we all have our strengths and weaknesses. With my fifth Mother’s Day since I became a mom just in the rearview mirror, I’m thinking about whether I deserve to be celebrated. Just… Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day To All the Bad Moms
Happy January, everyone. We’re four weeks into the new year, and like many people, I’ve already given up on my resolution. I told myself that as soon as the calendar turned to 2024, I was going to stick to a strict bedtime routine for my 4-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter. I didn’t even do it… Continue reading New Year, Same Mom: Accepting the Messiness of Motherhood
Last year I was a mediocre Christmas mom. The year before, I was a downright bad Christmas mom. The year before that, it was covid and I’m not even sure Christmas happened? And the year before that, my water broke, setting up my firstborn for the 2nd Worst Birthdate of the Year: December 27. You… Continue reading I Tried to Be a Good Christmas Mom This Year. But Santa Failed Me.
Last year I was a bad Christmas mom. This year I’m better. Not GOOD, but better. Let’s start by talking about some of the ways I’ve dropped the ball this Christmas season and failed to provide my kids with the most magical of holidays: For the third year in a row, I did not take… Continue reading I’m a Mediocre Christmas Mom
4th of July with kids > other holidays with kids. I realize I’ve been somewhat pessimistic about holidays with kids. I’m a bad Christmas mom: I have a hard time living up to societal expectations to create a winter wonderland inside my home and lack the motivation to dress my kids in coordinating red outfits… Continue reading Ranking of This Year’s Kid Holidays: 4th of July Takes the Number-One Spot
I saw an article the other day called “Mother’s Day Is A Crock” and I have to agree. I didn’t read the article because I want to write down why I think Mother’s Day is a crock before I see if our reasons are similar. For me, there are a lot of reasons. Let me… Continue reading Every Day Is Mother’s Day And No Day Is Mother’s Day
It’s Easter Sunday as I write this and one thing keeps coming to mind today: Easter egg hunts > the pumpkin patch. … But only by a little bit. Like most holidays, Easter is a quintessential Kid Day. Cute/frightening character dressed in a furry costume? Check. Wake up to gifts strewn about their room/the house?… Continue reading Easter Egg Hunts > The Pumpkin Patch (But Only By a Little Bit)
Happy new year, everyone. On past NYEs, I’ve set resolutions, and other times when I’ve felt like it was uncool to set a resolution, I’ve set intentions. Sometimes I just call them goals. But it’s all the same, right? Resolutions, intentions, goals — we set them because there are ways we want to be BETTER,… Continue reading New Year, Same Mom: Accepting the Messiness of Motherhood
‘Twas the day after Christmas And all through the house The children were stirring Making much more noise than a mouse There was white snow outside And all through the ‘hood Families were out playing, sledding, drinking Making the day look oh so good But inside our home, there was a post-Santa daze… Continue reading Expectations vs. Reality: Snow Day With a Toddler
