My family is currently living with my parents. Consequently, we don't feel comfortable bringing in a babysitter and unfortunately, my family is with them all day so t...
My daughter is turning 11 in 10 days. She wants a swim/sleepover party and has invited 11 friends (don't know yet how many will make it, most likely most will). I e...
my husband and I went to gass up this past friday, there after went to Target to grab a few items before going to my sister in-laws, and then saturday afternoon, Bank...
My daughter who is in 1st grade is an EXTREMELY shy little girl! She has always taken a long time to warm up to others and barely even talks at school. I just had a...
Ok.. so I am standing up in my cousin's wedding. All the other bridesmaids are younger than I am. I need to come up with some fun party games/ideas for us to do bef...
Last night my 11 year old knocked on my bedroom door crying. She had heard me and my live in boyfriend having sex but she interpreted the noises as screams and cr...
My oldest (5.5) is driving me nuts! She's been so curious lately that she is destroying things. A few minutes ago I discovered that she took the numbers off of our ad...
So I'm sitting at the bar of my local Italian bistro, enjoying wine and food. It's a full bar, shelves of liquor behind bar. Some other people at bar are just drink...
my 3 yo and 18 mo seem to behave pretty well in restaurants (as far as I'm concerned).
The problem is my MIL seems to think they should sit and be calm and quiet thr...
My husband and I are tossing around the idea of giving our 4 year old an allowance. I would like to start formalizing some chores for her and I would also like her t...