The other day we were all getting ready to go out to dinner. My husband was in the shower and I was getting dressed. Serophina was playing in her room. Suddenly she comes into our room talking about how a man was knocking at the door so she opened it and he asked for her mom or dad. At first I was a little confused because I would never dream that she would ever answer the door to a stranger without coming to us first! But that’s exactly what happened! I followed her to the front door and sure enough there was a man standing right there on our porch with the door wide open. We obviously didn’t hear him knocking because we were in the other room. Serophina heard it though and was more than happy to open the door for him to see what he wanted. Turns out
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Currently there are three educated and responsible adults in my home and one would think there was at least one brain among us. I’ll be the first one to admit that book smart is not the same thing as common sense smart, and all of us are currently lacking in common sense. I planned to attend a conference in Greenville on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 9 am-5pm. Greenville is approximately 90 minutes from my house so Sam agreed to take Sayle to daycare for me and pick him up (love my manny). This plan sounds easy enough, right? First of all, my husband decided to be sweet by cleaning our Tahoe up on Sunday, which required removing the car seat to vacuum the seats. The car seat never made it back in the Tahoe as it needed to go in Sam’s rental car Monday night in order for him to drop
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This past weekend was a big running weekend for me. I participated in the MARSOC Run The Beach 8K on Saturday with my Stroller Warriors. Then I convinced two of my friends (who also ran the race with me) to join me on my 9 mile run Sunday morning. We had a lot of fun running but as you can guess my legs were tired by the end of it all. A common practice in the running world is to do ice baths after long runs. Ice baths, while they sound crazy, are the easiest way to ice your joints and muscles which helps to prevent injuries. The first time I did an ice bath I got two bags of ice and put them in the bath tub with cool water. I then sat in the ice for ten minutes. This time I decided to forgo the trip to the
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Hi, my name is Mamta and I’m a Paranoid Parent. (“Hi Mamta.”) I live in constant trepidation of child kidnappers and predators; one’s lurking behind the bushes, quietly watching and another disguised themselves as a normal, nice person integrated into regular society. Thanks to the abundance of horrific, real life stories of children being abducted on their way home from school, while playing in their neighborhood or sometimes even from their own backyards; thanks to television shows like Dateline: To Catch a Predator, and recently watched movies like The Lovely Bones, I have to admit that I, #1 trust NO ONE and #2 NEVER let my children out of my sight. I sometimes think I’m borderline obsessive when it comes to locking all the doors and windows at night for fear that someone will quietly break into my house while I’m sleeping and take my child. I don’t ever let
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A few weeks ago we bought a trampoline for our family to enjoy. We bought it for Isaak’s birthday knowing the kids would ALL enjoy it more than just him alone. What we didn’t expect is that Austin and I would enjoy it more than all five kids combined!! It seems like we find ourselves jumping on it and playing games, kicking the kids off so we have more room and learning new tricks. We’re on it more than the kids are! I guess I’d forgotten how much fun a trampoline is! One evening we were all out on the trampoline bouncing away and playing a game called, Crack the Egg. I’m sure you’ve heard of it, but if not, one person sits in the middle of the trampoline all curled up in a ball (think fetal position) and the others have to bounce the middle person to try and
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Along with pre-chewing Isaac’s food, using disposable diapers, and many other things I said I would never do, I am now gelling my son’s hair. Shame on me; I don’t even style my own hair (hello, no maintenance mom haircut!), yet here I am squirting handfuls of gel onto my hands and going to town on Isaac’s fabulous hair. Actually, Isaac’s hair and it’s fabulousness is the reason why I have begun having to attempt to control it with “ultimate hold styling gel.” The poor kid’s hair is so long now that not only does it cover his eyes and touch his nose now when it’s combed down flat, but he is also sporting a fashionable rat tail which will grow into a mullet if I don’t take action soon! I tried parting it, brushing it behind his ears, twisting it, etc. and on one particularly embarrassing episode, I even
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