My six-year-old daughter was bringing chapstick to school. “Don’t let anyone use your chapstick,” I said. “Mom,” She huffed then said, “I’m not that kind of girl.”
Tag: kids
KidBit: Bad Name
My 6 year-old daughter was in tears. “He called me a bad name.” “What did he call you?” Referring to the red headed four-year old that held on to my shirt. “A chandelier,” she said. Well, that shed some light on the argument.
What do you get when you combine a 4-year-old and rolled up cardboard?
What do you get when you combine a 4-year-old and rolled up cardboard? A trip to the doc to remove said cardboard from their nose! Two weeks ago, my son said, “Mommy I have garbage in my nose.” I thought he meant booger. So showed him how to blow his nose. Then Sunday night he…
Tooth Fairy
The soft sob my daughter gave was not normal. It was a school morning. Which meant at 7:15 she was barefoot, and crazy haired from sleep. She looked up and Instead of the missing-front-teeth-grin, her mouth puckered and tears rolled down her cheeks. “The tooth fairy never came.” Her lips quivered. My heart picked up…
Inappropriate or funny for a blog post?
I had a computer backpack puked on recently. (I’ll tell you later) I was afraid that even with the best cleaning, I’d always be followed with the faint smell of vomit. I needed a new backpack. So I cleaned out the old one, stacking each item on the kitchen counter. Computer, cord, highlighters, pens, notepads,…
Allowing failure: Exploration
I have small kids. A three and a five year old. A boy and a girl. The other day for some reason they wanted to help me look pretty. (trying not to read into that, lol) So they have a bottle of detangler spray (it has a purple octopus on it, so it’s in the…
on the Fare Side Contest – update
Hey! How you doing? I am having a holy sh*t morning. To put it in context, I wake up when my kids do. I stay up far too late writing. (or Facebook garage saleing – you know whatevs) So the first kid comes in and cuddles in and lets me go back to sleep. But…