Aside from a few common physical characteristics that we share, I often find my daughter's similarities to me to be among her most difficult traits. As much as I am proud of her for so willfully being her own person, it makes her a difficult child to parent especially when we're both so determined to … Continue reading likeness
Category: mommified
Bad Parenting 101
It's 31 minutes until my child's bedtime. The big homework packet that she gets at the beginning of the week? It sits half finished on the dining table. She has 3 sheets of paper she's not happy with that she wants to discard and she's currently in the bathroom weeping copious and highly dramatic tears. … Continue reading Bad Parenting 101
umbrella
As I greeted my daughter at school pickup she was all smiles. Glowing. She was proud of herself and all she'd done today, happy to be back with her friends and engaged in their current science project. She bounced toward me and I gave her umbrella to her. She opened it up and hand in … Continue reading umbrella
I had something else planned
I had this whole post planned for this morning involving why my blog was called Mommified Me when I first started it 3 years ago this month. The short of it was that I didn't know about mommy blogs and my blog wasn't a mommy blog so that title made no sense which just goes … Continue reading I had something else planned
digging the hole…
I'm up to my neck here people. To. My. Neck. I'm getting all this stuff done that needs to get done plus reading books and staying relatively sane but I had this nagging feeling that I was forgetting something. Something little. Something big. I don't know something. It may be that I've been so caught … Continue reading digging the hole…
activities galore…
I am not an "activities" person. I'm content to live a life of leisure... or I would be if there weren't so many things interfering with that life of leisure I would be so content to lead. I was sending my brother and sadimac and email to let them know what had been going on … Continue reading activities galore…
truly disturbing news flash…
Summer vacation is almost over. Almost over. I'm not sure what to do with that information. I've just adjusted to the ebb and flow of summer vacation days. We're just getting around to a little mini trip. I don't want my summer vacation to be over... but all signs point to the impeding annihilation of … Continue reading truly disturbing news flash…
three by the sea…
This Summer vacation has been filled to the brim with NOT being on vacation. We've been swarmed with busies. Engulfed by the things to do. Inundated with important tasks... Well this weekend we said NO MORE! It's been a tough week. Mike's grandmother continues her trek to the end of things and that weighs heavily … Continue reading three by the sea…
the silly sitter chronicles
Last week I wrote about an incident with the sitter and the dishwasher that left my kitchen floor sparkly clean... well Violet Nuit sat with K for 10 hours yesterday and we came home to yet another installment of what has now been titled by K "The Silly Sitter Chronicles". 10 hours is a long … Continue reading the silly sitter chronicles
and my kitchen floor is sparkly clean…
Recently we had the good fortune of acquiring an amazing babysitter. Violet Nuit. Now babysitters can be amazing for a variety of reasons and each family needs its own special fit. A babysitter that is perfect for us may be horrible for someone else and the other way around... But we got very lucky in … Continue reading and my kitchen floor is sparkly clean…
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