Because someone, somewhere, thinks that your parenting sucks. Might as well celebrate it.
We have really been enjoying our winter break. I mean, really enjoying our winter break. In fact, winter break 2011/2012 may go down as being one of the best winter breaks we’ve ever had. Naw, we’re not spending it in Hawaii or on a picturesque mountain somewhere – heck, we haven’t even gone into the [...]
I’m very proud of myself this year for sticking to my 2011 New Year’s resolutions. They were the following: … … … As you can see, I set very lofty goals for myself in the areas of self-improvement, kindness, discipline and dust bunny eradication. Now, I have the immense personal satisfaction of knowing that I [...]
I know that this time of year is supposed to be all, happy happy joy joy, but the truth is, there is much about this season that just sucks. Between juggling family obligations, wrapping up school, work and all of those presents – which, of course you have to buy first, causing no amount of [...]
You’re still shopping, aren’t you? Or rather, you haven’t started. Don’t worry; you’re me, half the time. (The other half of the time I feel way too ambitious then use the energy to radically overcompensate and buy way too many presents too early and end up with way too many copies of the same book [...]
Upon having each of my babies, I received a very generous amount of gifts. Some gifts were from well-wishers that did not necessarily know me or my politics very well, and while I was touched by their thoughtfulness, some of the gifts were not appropriate for us. There is not really any delicate way of [...]
It was a beautiful sunny long-weekend afternoon. The roads were busy, but not abysmally so. When I drove past the first car on the side of the road that appeared to be having a toddler breakdown, I was sympathetic. The Daddy was holding the two year old up, hovering his naked butt a foot above [...]
OK, now that I’m married with children I’ve had to give up one of my lifelong goals: To become the crazy cat lady. I really wanted to do this. To live in a ramshackle trailer in the seedy end of town, the lawn overgrown, me sitting on the decrepit front porch in a rocking chair [...]
This weekend, I bought my six-year-old daughter a $75 lunchbox. She hadn’t asked for this particular lunchbox, and I didn’t consider it a splurge. But once I was unpacking it and pointing out its features to my friends, I started to wonder – Was I a total chump, or just completely obnoxious? Sheepish as I [...]
I am all for encouraging imaginative play. I am totally down with mixing toys and letting Thomas chug through the barn or giving the toy frogs group hugs in the bath because frogs need love too. So, you know, usually I go with the flow. But sometimes, mainly because I’m a rookie mom, I just [...]
For Canadian kids, the end of the school year is approaching (quickly!), and if you are at all like me, you want to offer the teacher a token of appreciation for the hard work they’ve done with your kid(s) this year. And, if you’re like me, you haven’t even begun to think about what the [...]
I was reading The New Yorker Macleans People.com this weekend and found out that Brad and Angie are rethinking the whole marriage thing, because their kids are asking about it. I could care less whether Brad and Angelina ever get hitched or not, but in the article, Brad talks about how he and Jolie work [...]
I wrote a post the other day at Her Bad Mother about what I really wanted for Mother’s Day – I wrote the post, actually, to accompany a Momversation episode that I did addressing the same issue – in which I claimed that I was a Mother’s Day curmudgeon and that all I wanted was [...]
I have a secret. I am a total victim to the bling. I covet Hermes bags and Hummer trucks and Louboutin shoes and all of overconsumed, underethiced trappings of our North American society. But most of it became completely impractical once I had a kid. No point having a Hermes bag if it’s filled with [...]
So there’s still a few days of spring break remaining, and if you’re at all like me, you’ve probably run out of things to do to keep your children occupied. Here are some ideas to get through this last, long stretch, without losing your mind: 1) Have Backwards Day. Just like any other day, except [...]
This week the Bad Moms Club has featured a couple of home design discussions. Shannon questioned the purpose behind the Mom Cave while Catherine showed us her grotto. Okay, I wrote that last sentence fifteen different ways and it sounded dirty in all iterations so giggle away. Anyway. Obviously we are passionate about our homes [...]
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