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Confessions from the Bunny Slope

January 3, 2015 By Christine 1 Comment

On the whole, I consider myself to be pretty brave. I’ve worked night shift in an inner-city hospital. I’ve had my wisdom teeth removed, two C Sections and have cleaned up kid vomit with nary a gag. I’ve survived the grocery store on the day before Thanksgiving 10 years running (not for the faint of […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: letting go, skiing, yikes

A Mother’s Resolution

December 30, 2014 By Christine 2 Comments

It’s that time of year. The time of year where everyone declares everything they will do better in 2015. The time of year when people decide they are going to “Get fit!” and “Eat less!” and “Write a book!”.  They blab about it on Facebook and people everywhere are declaring 2015 will be the year […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way Tagged With: resolutions

Wait. It Ends?

October 30, 2014 By Christine 6 Comments

When you make the decision to stay at home with your children, it’s a BIG deal. There are lots of factors:  finances, your ability to spend twelve hours at a time with people under three feet tall and the national coffee supply.  You wrestle with your ability to be the sole caregiver, your need for […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: Decisions, SAHD, SAHM

Neighborhood Watch

October 14, 2014 By Christine 3 Comments

When you work outside the home, you have an office.  A place of business.  A location filled with people and security guards.  You have lots of eyes around to make sure your surroundings are safe and secure.  There are codes.  And badges.  And mean secretaries to keep the riffraff out. As a mostly SAHM, my […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way Tagged With: head of security, safety

16 Things I Hope My Daughter Knows Before She Leaves My Home

September 18, 2014 By Christine 27 Comments

16 things I want my daughter to know.

Thirteen years ago, a doctor handed me a pink bundle and said, “She’s yours”. And while it wasn’t said out loud, I’m pretty sure the “Don’t screw her up” was implied.  I could swear I heard it, though. Since the day that pink bundle was resting on my C section scar, the weight and enormity […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way Tagged With: Growing UP, Little Girls

The Volunteer Pledge

August 18, 2014 By Christine 11 Comments

It’s that time again. The time of year when parents start humming “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”, when Staples sells pencils for $0.06 and you can hear the collective groan of suntanned, sleep deprived children across the country.  The time of year when parents practically skip to the mailbox to find teacher […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way Tagged With: parenting, volunteering

Loops And Tents and Bears, Oh My!

July 21, 2014 By Christine Leave a Comment

I loathe camping.  This is not a new revelation and we know Laura Ingalls, I Am Not. The Fruit Loops, however, love camping.  No, scratch that.  They luuuurve camping. This presents a major issue in the summer weather during prime “sleep outside under the stars, next to mosquitos, bears, rabbits and other outdoor fauna while […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: bears, camping, lions, tigers

I Make No Apologies For Being A Selfish Mother (You Shouldn’t Either)

June 5, 2014 By Christine 61 Comments

Woman at sunset feeling selfish

I think I might be a selfish mom. Scratch that. I know that I’m a selfish mom. I know this because, last night, when it came to dessert, I took the biggest bowl of ice cream for myself.  And I didn’t give it to my husband. Or the Fruit Loops. I took it for me. […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: mom, parenting, selfish

The Things I Didn’t See Coming When I Became A Mom (But I Know Now)

May 7, 2014 By Christine 9 Comments

I know so much more now that I did back then

When we brought Fruit Loop #1 home, I knew NOTHING about motherhood. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Alright, maybe not NOTHING necessarily. Fact: I knew how to be mothered but not how to be an actual mom. Man, did I have A LOT to learn when Fruit Loop #1 came across our threshold. When I think back […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way Tagged With: I had no idea what was coming, motherhood, what I know now

The Day I Broke The Baby Monitor

April 24, 2014 By Christine 34 Comments

Having a child come into your life is like having Toys R Us, the baby section of Target and the entire baby food section of your grocery store dump their items right into your family room. There are onesies (how can one baby need 93 onesies?), containment items, (exersaucers, bouncy seats, swings, pack and plays, […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: baby monitors, hell

The Post Cesarean Section Poop Is HELL.

March 5, 2014 By Christine 6 Comments

As most moms will tell you, pregnancy is awesome exactly TWO times:  BEFORE you actually get knocked up and AFTER the pea is no longer in the pod. The during part of pregnancy is no walk in the park and I’m not going to bore you with the list of ailments, maladies, situations and hemorrhoids […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way, Uncategorized Tagged With: C Section, zip and rip

Becoming THAT Mom

February 20, 2014 By Christine 9 Comments

  A few nights ago, I had a phone conversation with my bestie in a darkened parking lot and it went something like this: Me:  “Would you believe I’m sitting in a parking lot killing time between activities while Fruit Loop #2 eats a reheated dinner from two nights ago in the back seat?” Her: […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: parenting, that mom

If My House Was Burning Down, I’d Save This Favorite Object First (Yes, Really)

January 28, 2014 By Christine 3 Comments

My favorite thing is my kitchen table.

While listening to Carrie Underwood sing “My Favorite Things” during the Sound of Music Redeux debacle, I got to thinking about my favorite things. Of course, I thought of the obvious, “you have to pick these things or they take away your mommy card” favorite things:  coffee, Downton Abbey, my Fruit Loops, every one of […]

Filed Under: Parenting My Way Tagged With: favorite thing, table, Whoa Susannah

Laura Ingalls I Am Not (Or: 5 Reasons I Hate Camping)

August 19, 2013 By Christine 3 Comments

Growing up, I used to watch Little House on the Prairie and dream of being Laura Ingalls Wilder.  She was the only girl I knew who had her own horse, got to use an outhouse and spent her days fishing in creeks.  She had adventure after adventure in that little house by Plum Creek and […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: camping, I hate camping

10 Parenting Truths Other Mothers Won’t Tell You…But I Will

May 10, 2013 By Christine 41 Comments

Motherhood truth

When I joined the ranks of Mommyhood 15 years ago, I was blindsided by the truths that become glaringly apparent the day you join the club. And, as these truths became more evident, I sometimes felt like the other mothers who already knew them were giggling at me next to their lockers and whispering behind […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: motherhood, parenting

I Just Used The Phrase I Used To Hate On An Unsuspecting Mom

March 28, 2013 By Christine 9 Comments

Phrase I hated

When I was a new mom in 2003, I had the luxury of being able to stay home full time with my son when he arrived.  Before he came, I envisioned long afternoons of cuddling and bonding, making gourmet meals for my husband and catching up on all of the books on my night stand […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: I miss those days, infant

We Were Here First

March 21, 2013 By Christine 4 Comments

Scene: Our Dinner Table, a few years ago. Fruit Loop #2: “How do you KNOW that you should marry a person?” Fruit Loop #1: “When you meet the right person, a spark happens. Then you have to nurture the spark so it becomes a flame and then eventually a bonfire across your marriage. And wick size […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: marriage, we were here first

The Day I Almost Got Arrested At Preschool (Yes, Really)

March 21, 2013 By Christine 10 Comments

Arrested at preschool

It all started out so innocently. All I had to do was get the 2-year-old to his first day of preschool with a 2-week-old infant in tow. I’m a bachelor’s educated RN with many years of ICU experience. I’ve managed patient flow. I’ve run ICU codes. A 2-year-old and an infant? Pfft. Easy peasy. What […]

Filed Under: Parenting Is Hard Enough, Parenting My Way Tagged With: lollipops, preschool

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