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“Hey Junior, what do you want to be when you grow up?” “I want to be a fire engine. Varoooooom!” How many people actually become that thing they wanted to be when they were five years old? Something tells me that if I were to conduct a study the stats would be stacked against most people’s childhood assessment of career […]

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Back in the day when I was gainfully employed, I used to feel a little excitement when my kids would get sick. It’s not that I wanted them to not feel well. It’s that I loved staying home and taking care of them. As a stay at home mom, having a sick kid becomes an extra juggling act. How do […]

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We’ve recently entered a new world of socialization. The world of play dates. I’m not talking about an arranged gathering of two moms who like each other and force their children to play. I’m not talking about a forced get together with a mom you don’t know that well but your kids like each other. I’m talking about an email […]

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It’s October, no better time to start talking about camp! Wait, huh????? I’m no freshmen here. I’ve had a couple rounds of the insanity in talking about June plans in October. But it never ceases to catch me a little off guard. I virtually can’t see past December. I don’t know if we are doing ballet/jazz or hip hop come […]

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My kids have busier social lives than I do. Between play dates, birthday parties and activity overload, they are constantly on the go. The time we have for free play or family fun is few and far between. I spend most of my time as Drew’s social coordinator. Planning the play dates coming here, picking him up at the play […]

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I know I should have been enjoying every minute of infancy, especially with Noah since he’s my last. It was near impossible. Between the sleep deprivation and overwhelming feeling of having a new baby, I found myself wishing away the months until they slept better, ate better or just became more of a person. Then six months hit. With each […]

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There are some days where my day is just too hard. There are some days where the baby doesn’t stop screaming. Is he teething? Tired? Hungry? There are some days where every word out if my toddler’s mouth is said with a WHINE and is met with an hourly temper tantrum like clock work. There are some days where my […]

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1. Germs It’s not that there are less (probably the opposite), it’s that I don’t care as much. Don’t get me wrong, I’m armed with hand sanitizer 24/7 but I’ve let go and come to accept that no matter what I do they are going to be exposed to germs (and it may even be good for them). Frankly I […]

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I was totally going to be the PTO lady. I dreamed of being the class mom. Ok maybe I didn’t exactly dream about it but it was definitely one of those things that was on my “to do” list. I’d even go so far as to say that it bothered me, as a working mom, that I couldn’t do that […]

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