As most of you know by now, I’m a stay at home Mom to four oh-so-charming kids. And as much as I love them, there are many moments when their charming sides fade and their sneaky/rebellious/I’m-gonna-bug-my-sister-till-she-cries sides surface. I’ve never been a big fan of spanking or screaming, so I’ve had to get creative with [...]
Sunday, April 5, 2009
I hate emptying the dishwasher. It seems like such a tedious task to me. A few months ago I decided to put an end to this daily annoyance by making dishwasher-emptying a designated kid job. The solution had both good and bad results. Although I loved having the dishes put away everyday, I hated wasting [...]
Saturday, March 14, 2009
I am convinced that the person who invented towel rods did not have children. Not only are they tough for little hands to reach, but they’re only designed to hold one or two towels. When you’ve got four kids sharing the same bathroom you need a better way to keep soggy towels off the floor. Last [...]
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
One day the world will do me a favor and someone will develop a truly kid-friendly toothpaste. I imagine it will be something similar to the Electrasol dishwashing tabs under my kitchen sink – compact, individually portioned, and virtually mess-proof. Until that happy day arrives, I’m afraid I’m stuck with the status quo…sticky tubes of crusty [...]
Monday, August 11, 2008
Let’s face it, as an organizer I have a natural affinity for charts. Over the years I’ve made all kinds of charts to track various parts of family life…job charts, reward charts, cleaning charts, homework charts…I’ve made them all. This year, as I face another school year (and all the chaos that comes with it) I’ve [...]
Monday, April 21, 2008
As a Mom, sometimes it seems like I spend half my day “picking up” after my family. I often spend so much time getting the small stuff in order that I never make it to the deep cleaning. Consequently, I’m always looking for cheap tools to help speed up the the process. Two of my favorites [...]
Saturday, February 16, 2008
My oldest daughter turned eight this year and one of her many transitions into “big kid life” has been to manage her own bath-time routine. One area she seemed to struggle with was temperature control. I can’t tell you how many times I had to drain the tub because she’d managed to fill it with icy-cold or [...]
Sunday, June 17, 2007
One of the big drawbacks of a house without a designated toy room is that I’m forced to let my kids keep toys in their bedrooms. Unfortunately, because our entire house is essentially one level, the cars, dolls, trains, and other random plastic objects inevitably make their way from the bedrooms to the common rooms of the house. For [...]
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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