I like Valentine’s Day. It usually means something yummy and perhaps a little piece of jewelry or an accessory from my counterpart. However, if Valentine’s Day falls on a weekday, it’s likely that it will be spent together as a family. So, might as well make the best of it!
Here’s some Valentine’s Day “teachable moments” [...]

Snow day today. Enough said? Need I go on?
Freelance Parent, a channel of eMoms at home, blogged about snow days and freelancing. As a veteran freelance writer, and a semi-veteran full time work at home mom, I agreed with them.
Little did I know how difficult it is to write around my kids (very) and how [...]

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Here’s a couple conversations with my son from the last 24 hours. He is 4 years old:
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Me: Did you save me any chocolate bar?
Beast: No…
Me: You don’t love me!
Beast: I do love you, but my body wanted chocolate.
Me: My body wants chocolate, too.
Beast: Don’t reach into my mouth and get some ’cause it’ll have my [...]

I recently argued that my little diva isn’t spoiled. When the post went up I felt a little presumptive, although most of it is tongue in cheek. Was I trying to pass myself off as the perfect parent?
I also recently posted about my dislike of breastfeeding, which made me feel like a bad mommy.
Are parents [...]