In Mother Words

1. If a child says it’s chicken, it’s chicken. Never, ever disagree with this.
2. If you catch the scent of a poopy diaper, tell your toddler to run to Daddy saying “I have a poopy!” Do not let your husband catch you doing this.
3. Kids know that money comes from walls.
4. Poop comes in strange [...]

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For her 6th birthday, my dad sent my daughter a birthday card with dollar bills inside. Being a kid, she just tore the envelope open, and dollar bills went flying everywhere.
Now, she wasn’t all that impressed by the fact that she got money. No, she was impressed by who was on the dollar bills.
“How’d Papa [...]

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One of my favorite stories from when I was pregnant happened at the Renaissance Faire. I’d dressed up as best I could with a bulging 37 week pregnant tummy, and people loved asking me how far along I was.
The answer, however made them nervous.
Just about every time I said “37 weeks” the person’s eyes would [...]

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My son has been resisting potty training for a long time. But last week he finally decided to start it in earnest. It all started as I changed his diaper before putting him down for a nap. He’d been playing Superman all day, blankie cape flowing behind him. He started to throw a tantrum as [...]

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contributed by Rochelle
My friend and I were walking home from dropping our older kids off at school when she mentioned it was her son’s birthday. He has apparently decided that he’s younger now because he has to drop the “and a half” from his age.
Would that it were so easy!

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contributed by Crystal
I feel like such a forgetful goofball sometimes. Can’t find my shoes half the time and it’s not always because my daughter took them for dressup. And of course they’re often right where I looked early on. How do they do that?
But the worst is when I start looking for something I’m already [...]

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