It’s My Mommy Mind

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 [...]

The Sippy Black Hole

contributed by Linda I have a love-hate thing for sippy cups. They save so much mess, but they wander the house so! And it seems like I can only find them about half the time. I just have this image in my mind of a sippy black hole, whence they disappear, only to reappear days [...]

I Want a Ride!

Submitted by Esme  My husband and I like to go to Renaissance Faires. The kids enjoy them too, and my favorite joke is about the first time we took our daughter. She knew fairs had rides, so she asked about it. We told her no rides, but there would be knights and princesses. “I want [...]

How’d That Baby Get There?

Submitted by Christie My husband, 6 yr old son and I were waiting in our car at the clinic for the doctor to arrive to perform an aritificial insemenation. My son very excited about the idea of having a new baby. We were having a difficult time getting parked perfectly while waiting avoiding the sun, [...]

Doesn’t Everything Start to Sag?

I help in my daughter’s kindergarten class most mornings with what her teacher calls “Morning Read”. It’s fun helping the kids read a book each day. This morning I was reading with one of the kids when the teacher came by and noticed that the oven door to the play kitchen had fallen, which it [...]

That Sinking Feeling

Submitted by JHSEsq: I get that sinking feeling all over again when I think about it. It was the summer of 1997. We were getting ready to leave for a relaxing vacation at our favorite destination, Pismo Beach. I was in the house finishing the laundry and packing suitcases. BigBob went to the garage to [...]