Mom, this would look better on your shirt.
Morehead City recently opened an Olive Garden and my friends and I were dying to try it out. Living here you have your choice of country diners that spell their “country” with a “K” or outdated chain restaurants that still reek of cigarette smoke (love you No-Smoking Law!) In other words it’s slim pickins when it comes to dining out. But now that we have Olive Garden all our problems have been solved. Seriously, the thought of breadsticks alone is enough to make me drool a little.
We went for lunch one day and all together we were three adults and …
Sweet dreams lovey love!
Not too long after I announced to the world that my sweet baby was sleeping through the night, she started not sleeping through the night. It was so nice of her to wait till after I boasted to my group of friends that “Yes, my baby sleeps through the night. Oh, yours doesn’t? Awww, poor you. I know, I’m so lucky. Yes, she’s such a good baby.”
She must’ve heard those conversations and was like “Oh no Mother, remember when you made me cry in my bassinet for a whole half a minute? Well take this!”
Recently she started waking up in the …
"Hello Mr.& Mrs. So and So, welcome to your home, enjoy your evening"
I recently read a fun article about a busy couple with children, who made a conscious effort to have Date Night every month. The only unusual thing about their date nights was that they took place in their own home after the kids went to bed. This way, they weren’t spending extra money on going out plus they didn’t have to find a babysitter.
Here were some of the ideas that I will be trying in the near future:
1. Cheese tasting: This will cost about $40 to buy a good variety of cheeses for your cheese …
Say No To Strangers
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 …
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 …
Can't I do this every night?
In my house, when the needle on the clock hit’s 5, that’s when my day starts to accelerate. So begins the steadfast ritual of making dinner, feeding dinner, cleaning up dinner, bathing of the babes, jammies, teeth brushing, book and finally, bed. In between all that is a scheduled workout at 5:30pm, 3 days a week, power walking on Monday nights at 7pm, pilates class on Tuesday at 5:30pm and at the end of every evening when all is said and done, the dog still needs to be taken for a walk.
Why everything must take place in the evening, I don’t …
