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Countdown To Camp
The kids’ last day of preschool was Tuesday. (Summer camp – preschool but campier – starts tomorrow.) That left several wide-open and very unstructured days for me and the boys to fill with...
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Brown Bag
A few months ago, a friend of mine took Riley to a birthday party for me because neither Mike nor I could go, and It. Felt. Strange. It’s not that my kids have never been somewhere without me....
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Bossypants
I should be packing. If you were to ask Dylan, he’d say I should be helping him find Raoul Caroule, Carla Veloso and Francesco (from “Cars 2”) who are lost in the sea of toys covering the family room...
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Word Problems VIII (The Back to School Edition)
The Runaway Mama is instructed to buy 12 glue sticks for her son’s Kindergarten class (as well as a thousand other supplies). He’ll be one of 18 children in his class. How many glue sticks will her...
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The Peanut Butter Sandwich
There was an incident with a peanut butter sandwich. I packed it for his lunch. Normally, I pack cold stuff – a yogurt tube, a cheese stick and a Babybel, a piece of fruit (apple, banana, or grapes), a...
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Irony
The irony of being a mommy blogger is that being a mommy often gets in the way of blogging. For a long while, I wrote blog posts solely during naptime. Then, I gained a few precious morning preschool...
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Brave
If I’ve acted as though being home with (and entertaining and cleaning up after) my kids for a full two weeks before school begins is brave, I apologize. It’s not really brave. It’s hard. It’s...
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The Invaluable Lesson My Son’s Sensory Processing Disorder Taught Me (Or, Let...
I never know whether to say my son has or had sensory processing disorder (SPD). It’s been two years since he met all of his occupational therapy goals. His body is healthy and strong, he’s social,...
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