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World's Best Awards? Eh.
by Mom.This morning, Todd and I were in the kitchen doing our morning stuff. Meaning that Todd was desperately trying to get out the door before I asked a bunch of questions, and I had just entered to...
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Swim Lessons, Part Three: If they would just listen to us!
by Mom.If they would just listen to us – they’d know that taking swim lessons doesn’t mean they’re going to drown in the deep end.If they would just listen to us – they’d know that putting their face...
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It's official: I'm Versatile!
by Mom.After watching Jake suffer through the heartbreak of Travel & Leisure's "World's Best Awards" -- in which awards of the big shiny kind were non-existent -- I’m a little hesitant to announce...
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The Medal Count at our house...
by Mom.Who needs London? There's gold, silver and bronze medals being won right here at our house.Here's Jake's medal count over the past several days. **Spoiler Alert!And here's a few events that...
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When Siri and your 4-year-old play together
by Mom.It used to be that if you wanted to play with a friend you had to pester your mom to get on the phone and call your friend's mom to see if it was okay to ride your bike over and hang out until...
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The grocery store conundrum
by Mom. Classic scenario. You go the grocery store to get two things but come home with three bags full of stuff in which sugar, fat or salt are the main ingredients. In our house, it's called Having...
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Kid-natomy: Frogs and snails and puppy dog tails? Not really.
by Mom.Longtime followers of Not My Mom's Blog (all 4 of you) might remember my Dad-natomy post on Father's Day. But for the other 4 of you, you can check it out here... Dad-natomy post.Up now......
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Thanks a lot, SpongeBob!
Jake’s been watching preschool shows for a couple of years now. (I mean, I have to do laundry some time!) If you're going to let your little one watch TV, these are the shows to watch. They're...
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When your kid starts to read at age 3
I'm not sure what the average age is when kids begin to read. I just know that when Jake started doing it at age 3, it was slightly early.I have to admit it's nice because that's one less thing we...
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Mom's Guest Post on Scary Mommy
Very honored to guest post on Scary Mommy today. Check it out!And a very special welcome to Scary Mommy fans!!!!Jake is super excited that so many of you are visiting our blog today. He even put on...
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The Sandwich Crime
Lunch time yesterday. I’m in the back of the house doing blog stuff, I mean, um, laundry, when I hear a shake-me-to-my-core SCREAM coming from Jake in the kitchen.Horrible images pop into my head: A...
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Makeover time!
Someone's getting a makeover soon...No. Not me.No. Not Jake.You'll still see us with regular messy hair and colorful t-shirts and black shorts that we might even wear through winter.I'm talking about...
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Our new and improved blog with pine fresh scent!
Yeah, well, not everything gets solved with a makeover.------------------------------------------The new design went LIVE as I was still fussing with stuff tonight so it was like the curtain was pulled...
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Flashback Friday: Newborn Jake
Ah. New baby. Tiny fingers. Tiny toes. Remember...How proud we were! 48 hours and still kickin'. Quite an accomplishment for two people who had only raised cats before (and not all of those...
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Overpacked and ready to go...
Jake's got another week till the new school year begins. (Only one week, yes!!) So he and I are cruising down to visit my brother, sister-in-law and their teenage kids to remind them what it's like...
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iMischief
Guess what? Jake discovered the iPad app I use for drawing posts.See.I don't know about you but the first thing I notice is that Daddy is scribbled out in angry black strokes. Tell me that's not...
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Goodbye, health, nice knowin' ya...
Ah, back to school time. The kids are finally out of the house during the day, off learning new things, making new artwork, and hazing the newcomers. Whether it’s only been a few weeks or the entire...
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The grocery store solution
I have never claimed to be the sharpest mother on the block. Any shot I ever had went out the window the day I learned there were such things as nighttime diapers. Jake was a year old.So it comes as...
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Seriously, Fall, where are you???
It was so hot today in L.A. Stupid hot.It reached 105 where we live. In other areas, worse. In downtown L.A., they broke a record.It was so hot that Jake and I had to adjust our "uniforms."It was...
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