Category Archives: Parenting

There Will Be No Happy Faces

By Kristen | Published: February 8, 2011

I wonder if any Mamas out there are like me and have a child who is stinkin’ hard to discipline because said child is rather laid back and easy going so therefore no punishment really gets to him or if it does get to him, he quickly gets over it because of the aforementioned easy [...]

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Science Projects Aren’t My Friend

By Kristen | Published: January 14, 2011

The always engaging Lisa Jo (a.k.a. The Gypsy Mama) challenged us this week to find a recent photo and write a 5 minute post based on that photo. Initially I said to myself, “No. Freakin’. Way!” I have never written anything in 5 minutes or less, so this whole idea scared the living daylights out of [...]

Also posted in School Choices, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

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