This afternoon during the witching hour (when the boys were hammering each other with plastic food View Post
What’s it’s like to be a mom with A.D.D.
A while ago I observed some classes at a local public middle school, for some graduate work I was View Post
Sunday, a day of rest …
Before this piece treads into the humorous and sarcastic, I want to give a disclaimer. There View Post
just a bunch of funny things from today
Some days are funnier in retrospect. Here's what happens on some of these days, like today, for View Post
The Night Shift: How Parenting Never Stops
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with my extra hour this year. One thing I do know, I probably will View Post
Overheard
Overheard #1: Sam Kills a Spider Sam: Mom, you know what I did? I did a really big JOB in my nap! I View Post
Today In Pictures: A House Where Kids Live
I've often thought an amusing photo-journalistic series would be: "Life, With Kids, Unedited." So View Post
Happy Hour
I think it's funny that to some people, 5:00 pm. is "happy hour." Actually, is it five? Is it six? I View Post
A Nerd’s Guide to Preparing Your Home for an Emergency
I had way too much thinking about this post. It does, after all, combine three of my greatest View Post
just a normal day. With poop. And sirens.
I know that some of you are very proper. And so I am going to keep this as subtle as possible. My View Post
Don’t make this for dinner
Figured it wasn't fair to post a few rave reviews of dinner at the Smartt house and not nights like View Post
The marriage bed is a sacred place…
Did I get your attention? Don't worry, this is about the actual bed. And how it's not sacred View Post
ya gotta laugh
I've been reading about the importance of humor in life. We had a truly hilarious night last night. View Post
you know it’s that time of month if…
I don't think this will be as funny to anyone as it is to me. Oh well. Modeled after the illustrious View Post
ramblings from the deep end
First, I want to answer the obvious question here, the one I am getting all those comments about. View Post
why I hate pears
I owe some of you an apology. Well, probably most of you, for some reason or another, but the ones View Post
Sam on heaven
It's hard for me to think about this conversation without getting emotional. Truly, it's kind of View Post
funny
There has been a lot of laughing in our house recently. Also, whining. And a good bit of screaming. View Post
the lion in me
Are you familiar with the animal personality test? I, who am obsessed with personality tests, find View Post
For future parents
Someone recently reminded me of the school project where kids carry around a plastic baby that View Post
Notes from the Underground
You secret English majors out there probably realize I stole my title from Dostoevsky. Thought it View Post
The Velveeteen Samule
My parents tell the story over and over about how they left my stuffed lamb (or rather, unstuffed, View Post
Raising Boys :)
It's different than I thought.I'm a caddie, a quarterback, a lineman, and a pitcher. I'm the stalker View Post
the witching hour
There is a funny scene in "Marley and Me" where - after they have three kids a dog - the dad is View Post
the sayings of sam
I keep telling myself, you've got to write these down somewhere. And if I had a notebook I carried View Post
On Discipline
Formerly in my mind, there were two types of moms. Good moms, and moms who let their kids chew on View Post
overheard
A blog I saw recently had a "overhead in my house" post. I thought that was clever, and decided to View Post
the love song i won’t ever write
Sometimes I want to be a cool mom, so I listen to pop radio. Some of it's not that bad and I kind of View Post