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Traveling in the era of H1N1

October 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

So, we’re going down to Disneyworld next week. This trip is a year in the planning. I’ve already done all of the major arrangements: booked the resort, mailed down a package so that we can save bags on the plane, worked with school to get homework, etc. I was all ready and feeling good [...]

Tags: Childcare · Travel · Uncategorized · Vacation · health

Meal Planning And Grocery Shopping

October 13th, 2009 · 4 Comments

My least favorite part of the day, even worse than waking up two cranky children, has got to be dinner time. I absolutely abhor dinner time, from the planning, to the cooking, to sitting down to the table only to have children who don’t want to eat this or that.
Don’t get me wrong, [...]

Tags: Childcare · Food · Uncategorized · nutrition

Causes and Prevention of ER Visits

August 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments

When I was pregnant with my older son (OS) I of course worried about everything.  It’ s no surprise then that one potential aspect of parenting that I worried about was having to take my child to the ER.  Knock on wood, but I’ve never needed stitches, and the only bone I’ve broken was my [...]

Tags: Childcare · health

Parenting When Family is Far Away

January 3rd, 2009 · 12 Comments

As I wrote last week, we got the news that my younger son (YS) has enlarged adenoids. We had a consultation with the ENT this past Tuesday. His advice? Remove the adenoids and tonsils. This was after exclaiming multiple times that he couldn’t get over how large YS’s adenoids are. [...]

Tags: Beauty, Health & Fitness · Childcare · Parenting

Bully!

October 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

How are bullies created? Are parent’s teaching their kids to be bullies? Do they even know their kids bully other children? These are questions that have been occupying my mind recently when I drop my twins at daycare/preschool.
Pack Rat and Copy Cat have never truly been all that found of daycare. Because they were premature [...]

Tags: Behavior · Childcare

Babysitting: What do you pay?

June 19th, 2008 · 17 Comments

I had an interesting experience this week. A freshman at a local college responded to an ad I’d posted for occasional care for the Punks. She sounded energized and excited about working with our family. I was thrilled, too.
Then pay came up. She was charging $5-6 per hour for sitting services. [...]

Tags: Childcare · Money · Parenting

Day Care Daze

June 13th, 2008 · 5 Comments

You know that gut-wrenching yet relieving moment when you hand your child over to strangers?
Well, I don’t.
Along with the storied advantages to being a stay-at-home parent (read: “Let’s go to the beach on Wednesday!”) comes one great drawback: Boobaby, my brave little girl of nearly 30 months, has never learned to be babysat.
My wife and [...]

Tags: Activities · Childcare · Parenting

Finding Time to Exercise

May 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yesterday the woman sitting next to me in spinning was surprised to find out I have two little kids. I like to think that it’s because of my fabulous in-shape body. I’m totally kidding; I’m still working on getting rid of my no longer-pregnant-by-a-long shot belly. I was surprised though that she [...]

Tags: Activities · Beauty, Health & Fitness · Childcare · Parenting

A Simple Swap

January 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

We don’t have a regular babysitter. It’s possible that were it not for photographs, my husband and I might just forget what the other looks like. We’re good at eating together and carving out family time, but when it comes to dating, fuggedabotit.
Last weekend, on a whim, I called my sister-in-law and proposed [...]

Tags: Childcare · Fun · Marriage · Parenting · Relationships

How to Make a Pumpkin Poke’ Ball Pinata

October 26th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Disclaimer: I am not a crafter and I don’t play one on tv. Also, we lost some of the photos when the site crashed awhile back, sorry about that.
My son turned 6 last week. His kid party is this weekend and he is mildly obsessed with having a pinata. As [...]

Tags: Activities · Childcare · Family · Finance · Fun · Holidays · Parenting


 

 

 

 


 

 












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