Just don’t tell Mommy…

I have a big secret.
One that makes me a super/great/cool grandma, but a horrible/scoundrel mother.
This morning I picked up my grandson from pre-school. (No, this is not the horrible thing.)
I guess I should give a bit of background information. Audrey asked if I could possibly pick up William from pre-school.
I said, [...]

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A bathroom stall, no lock and a 2-year-old. Not a good combo.

Yesterday I had one of those experiences about which you can laugh hysterically… after the fact.
You know what I mean?
I took William to his karate class, and brought Alexander along, too. All 3 of us had to use the bathrooms before class began. So we booked it real quick to the [...]

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My boys + my belly + the beach = Perfect Mother’s Day

We expected rain all week in New England for Mother’s Day.
So you can imagine my delight when I opened my eyes at the usual 6:45am and sun was peeking through my bedroom windows!
But where was my husband?
Downstairs making coffee, breakfast and (gasp!) cleaning the kitchen before bringing up the boys and the news that I [...]

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You’re glowing…

With my 3 boys at home, pregnant with my 4th, working round-the-clock and “keeping house”… I had to do something.
Each time I walked by the mirror I kept thinking to myself, “Oh Audrey… you need a palm tree, some sand, the beach, a beach towel and a margarita. Oh, and a tan.”
(OK, neg the [...]

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BIG NEWS (read: Oprah!) for our friend Katja at SKIMBACO!

Last year we had the pleasure of “meeting” (virtually!) Katja, the kind, sweet, as-beautiful-on-the-inside-as-she-is-on-the-outside owner of Skimbaco, a trendy online children’s boutique that’s environmentally and socially conscious.
Pinks & Blues reviewed some of the wonderful products that Skimbaco offers, and it has been our absolute pleasure to keep in contact with Katja through email, blogging, [...]

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Titles. Tags. And labels. STAY AWAY!

I was at the playground yesterday with the boys. There were 4 other mothers standing around next to me watching their kids play.
None of us had ever met, but we all had kids that were about the same ages - 5 and under.
Out of the 5 of us there, 4 of us had 3 [...]

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It’s National Safe Kids Week!

I had the opportunity to learn about Safe Kids while at Camp Baby earlier this month.
The mission of Safe Kids Worldwide is to prevent accidental childhood injury, a leading killer of children 14 and under, and has actually reduced the unintentional injury death rate for children within that age range by 45% over the past [...]

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Kids and restaurants

I have no problems with kids in restaurants. In fact, I often took my kids to restaurants when they were kids. I am aware that it is certainly a learning experience for both parents and kids, and therefore (unless the kids are CRAZY wild) I have no problem with a little kid-noise in [...]

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That’s it, I’ve got a time-out!

For today’s mama-find post I was fortunate enough to review the book Mothers Need Time-outs, Too by Susan Callahan, Anne Nolen and Katrin Schumann.
It changed my way of thinking. Completely.
I’m one of those women who really think they can “do it all.” I have tons of energy (even pregnant). My mind is [...]

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Condoms and diapers…

Read Audrey’s post.
Feel her pain!
This is Part 2 of the Target story…
While Audrey was wrangling her car and shopping cart and kids around Target (and parking lot on the hill!) I was at a couple of meetings with Jane.
I called Audrey when the meetings were over to let her know that I could lend my [...]

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