So Raven-Symone, the cute kid from The Cosby Show and star of Disney shows like The Cheetah Girls and That's So Raven, came out and social media went wild. And not in a good way.It also happened to be #NOH8 Day in support of gay marriage and equality in the United States. So I … [Read more...]
What I Want For Mother’s Day
If I could ask for one thing this Mother's Day, it's that everything you would have spent on your wife, mom, girlfriend, partner or yourself be instead donated to the moms at Ronald McDonald House. Because, and let's be honest, I don't need more flowers, or a trip to the spa or yet another gift … [Read more...]
My First Concussion – the klutzy mama!
As parents we constantly worry about our children. With 6 boys running around I have certainly worried about mine and have spent many days and nights in the Emergency room at our local hospital for various things such as concussions, stitches, asthma attacks, and other various illnesses. … [Read more...]
TWEEN BOYS AND SWAG!
In one month my 9 year old boy will be turning 10. Something has happened to him and I am both amused and dismayed. Since he could walk he hated wearing jeans. It didn't matter how much I pleaded he refused to wear them and pretty well lived in track pants and tee-shirts. So … [Read more...]
SO THE WAIT LIST ENDS………
Well some interesting things happened after my last post about waiting for services in the school system and my frustration in what was happening with my 5yr old and his wait for speech therapy. A few days after I wrote my post I received a phone call from the CCRA - this is the company that … [Read more...]
What’s worse you ask? The fat ass or sagging boobs?
I ran into someone the other day that I hadn't seen for awhile. In fact the last time I saw them was just before the twins were born."Wow." She said. "You would never know that you have eight kids! You look great!"I mumbled a shallow "Thanks." But I was suspicious. Did she really … [Read more...]
Eight children sleep where????
Recently someone asked me where my children sleep, and being the smart ass that I am my reply was "In their bed." The dirty look I got led me to assume that my comment wasn't really the answer they were looking for.Personally I thought it was sort of a rude question but since they asked and I've now … [Read more...]
911 EMERGENCY – AGAIN!!
Well it seems as though the phone number of choice in this house is 911. Seriously. It happened again tonight. I should have seen it coming I mean holy shit I am just the worse mother on the planet it seems right now. As you read in my post the other day about my head spinning my … [Read more...]
The other “evil things” that parents need to remember
The other morning I was driving my two oldest to middle school as I always do. But this morning there was something different. Something terrible. Right in front of my other younger children's elementary school was a car that had crashed into a concrete street lamp post - you know … [Read more...]
Waiting for the waitlist to end
Well it finally happened. Ryley came home today from school with this in his knapsack:He is very excited that he has been invited to a party. A party for a girl in his SK class - Not a friend of one of his siblings, not a friend of the family, but a girl who he now calls a friend. … [Read more...]
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