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Three Things That Ruin Parenting 23 Jul 2010 | 04:52 am
Becoming a parent can be the most wonderful moment in a person's life. Being a parent can be a person's calling in life. Embracing parenthood can be the most difficult thing in modern life because of...
Can Loving Your Kids Be Creepy? 17 Jul 2010 | 01:36 am
I have seen some crazy, over-the-top decorating in the workplace. Sometimes it seems like a Hello Kitty store exploded in a co-worker's cubicle. Other times, instead of retail decorations, people over...
Thomas and Friends at Work Today 26 Mar 2010 | 01:05 am
It felt like a show-n-tell day for me at work today. I left for work with Kyan's trains in the car, which left him a little sad. So I talked to him about bringing James, Toby and Gordon into my office...
4 Tricks to Make Kids Listen 9 Jan 2010 | 10:48 am
In my last blog post, “Who Else Wants Their Kids to Listen”, I shared a particularly frustrating situation for me. I get straitjacket crazy when my kids don’t put on their shoes so we can get out of t...
Twinsanity 6 Jan 2010 | 04:32 pm
Much like my beloved husband wrote, I really want my children to listen. I want to voice a request and have it understood and followed the first time. I do not want to talk to a wall. I do not want ...
Who Else Wants Their Kids to Listen? 30 Dec 2009 | 08:38 am
"If you don't go downstairs and put on your shoes, NOW, we will never get out of this house and we'll miss dinner at grandpa's. Go. Now." Ah, yes, every parent recognizes the "miss-out consequence" p...
I'm a Mean, Mean Mommy 29 Nov 2009 | 04:13 am
It has been brought to my attention by my lovely children that I am a Mean, Mean Mommy sometimes. When prompted as to why I am so horrid, I am usually treated to blank stares and a startling lack of ...
Buddy-isms! 26 Nov 2009 | 06:01 am
There are days when life with all these kids gets a little difficult. Days when ears don’t work and voices work too well. Days when listening is a foreign concept and days when I feel like calling in...
New Matas Baby Boy Born 3am 28 Oct 2009 | 12:43 am
While everyone else was sleeping last night, Betsey and I stayed up and delivered a baby. Maxwell Eliot was born just shy of 3am at 2:57 on October 27, 2009. Happy Birthday Max! He weighed in at 7 po...
I Survived Swine Flu 26 Oct 2009 | 01:02 pm
Here are some t-shirt ideas: H1N1 -- I1! My family survived swine flu and all I got was this crummy t-shirt. Yes, our house was just visited by the so called Swine Flu, also known as H1N1, and rece...