Archive for the ‘mommies’ Category
8
Nov
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, discipline, growing up, life's lessons, mommies, moms, parenting, silly stuff kids do, teaching, things I like a lot. Tagged: discipline, disciplining children, kindergarten, parenting, parenting a kindergartener, remorse, when kids get in trouble at school. 5 Comments
Often we doubt how we might be doing as a parent. I find myself, that I use trial and error on many of the events that come my way. The boys tend to throw me curve balls, and I often feel like I strike out. There’s definitely not an adequate playbook out there.
Because of all [...]
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1
Nov
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, growing up, humour, mommies, moms, parenting, silly stuff I see, silly stuff kids do. Tagged: funny stuff kids say, funny things kids say, kids, kids antics, kids say the funniest things. 4 Comments
My oldest son continues to amaze me each and every day. He definitely is quick and witty like his father. I, unfortunately, cannot claim that this part of him is inherited from me.
Last night, while Trick or Treating at our Mall, a lady responded to Bert’s “Trick or Treat,” by saying “Trick! I want [...]
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31
Oct
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, Nintendo Wii, discipline, drawing, growing up, housecleaning, humour, medical training, fellowships, relocating, residency, mommies, moms, my crafts, parenting, stuff we do together, things I like a lot, toddlers. Tagged: around the house, art, artwork, Bert, bert and ernie, blog break, bringing up kids, children, diet and fitness, disciplining children, eating healthy with kids, family life, fitness, indpendent children, windows antivirus pro. 2 Comments
Wow! It’s certainly been a while since I was on here actively posting. My life has been busy with kids and work, and tutoring at the Elementary nearby. I needed a “break” from blogging, so I took it. I’m looking forward to posting more here.
Some things that have happened during my break?
-Got more leverage…bought [...]
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1
Sep
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Mean Mommy, Mean Mommy Chronicles, birthday, growing up, humour, life's lessons, mommies, moms, teaching, things I like a lot. Tagged: mario kart, nintendo ds lite, punishment, withholding toys. 10 Comments
Bert recently received a Nintendo DS lite for his 5th birthday. At first I was really hesitant because he’s 5, and that’s an expensive toy. I tried to convince my husband that it was a bad idea. Bert got a taste of the Nintendo DS at our workout facility. It seems that all the boys [...]
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26
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, growing up, housecleaning, mommies, moms, stuff we do together, teaching, wahm. Tagged: kids, kids chores, household chores, housecleaning, cleaning, kids helping with housework, housework, chores, cleaning up, kids housecleaning. 5 Comments
My oldest, Bert is still at an age where he “enjoys” helping Mommy. He wants to play with me all the time and sometimes I really don’t want to, so he accepts cleaning with me as playtime. This works for me because I hate cleaning and am not the greatest player of 5 year old [...]
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22
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, brothers, family, growing up, housecleaning, life's lessons, mommies, moms, parenting, siblings, stuff we do together, teaching, toddlers. Tagged: kids, mommy, playing, mommies, playing with your kids, play. 6 Comments
I have distinct memories of my mother while growing up. I remember her reading, crocheting, quilting, cleaning, bowling or playing softball. She was always present, and always there for me. I don’t have many memories of playing with her though. I was an only child, so I learned pretty early on that I had to [...]
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21
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in doctors, family, husband and wife stuff, husbands, marriage, mommies, moms. Tagged: back seat driver, decisions, famiily, family decisions, the big picture. 7 Comments
If you’ve ever been in a car with someone driving that would drive in circles rather than stop and ask for directions, then you know how I have been feeling lately.
Through the years, I’ve always thought it beneficial that my husband always insisted on looking at the big picture…he always must make a decision based [...]
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12
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, growing up, mommies, moms, parenting, sibling rivalry, siblings, silly stuff kids do, toddlers. Tagged: annoying kids, Bert, Ernie, nap time, school. 4 Comments
Is school in yet? The last time I spoke of annoying kids, it was in reference to my older son, Bert, who will be 5 in exactly a week. I took MTAE’s advice which was: “Four year olds want attention…bad attention is still attention. Ignoring works best. If, by 38, they don’t stop with the [...]
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9
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in family, home, husband and wife stuff, husbands, life's lessons, marriage, mommies, moms, stuff we do together. Tagged: husbands and wives, doing stuff for your wife, doing stuff for you husband, doing stuff for your spouse, marriages. 14 Comments
I stole this meme from JavaQueen, after coming across her blog via Joy, Nikki, Sue, Laura and Pam’s blog. It charged me to write about the five best things that my hubby has done/does for me.
The Five Best Things Hubby Has Done/Does for Me are:
Blessed me with a [...]
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7
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in Baby Boy, Ernie, mommies, moms, parenting, silly stuff kids do, things I like a lot, toddlers. Tagged: boys, toddlers, parenting, kids reading, annoying parents, comparing kids. 21 Comments
I often find it funny that as you meet other friends of little kids, especially toddlers in their first and second year, that you are inevitably going to meet one of those people who continuously have to measure how their kid is doing compared to your child.
Often, the conversation starts something like:
You: Hey, guess [...]
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7
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in cash for clunkers, doctors, health, healthcare, medical articles, medical training, fellowships, relocating, residency, mommies, moms. Tagged: cancer wait times in single payer system, cancer waiting times for UK, healthcare in US. 9 Comments
I decided to do a little research today and found an interesting article and also some statistics from the UK government website where you can access their healthcare system statistics. Thought I would share. When viewing the UK government site, notice there is a menu on the right side where you can further check things [...]
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6
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in diet and exercise, fitness center stories, health, mommies, moms. Tagged: fitness, fitness classes, working out, zumba. 8 Comments
I took a Zumba fitness class today for the first time. I had a pretty good time, admittedly. Even though I have two left feet and am very visual (I don’t take audio cues very well), I didn’t feel like I was an idiot. I was able to actually shake my hips and get comfortable [...]
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4
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Mean Mommy, Mean Mommy Chronicles, discipline, growing up, humour, mommies, moms, silly stuff kids do, teaching. Tagged: Mean Mommy, Mean Mommy Chronicles, peeing in pants, temper tantrums, timeout. 6 Comments
The other day my husband and I were in our living room watching TV when Bert came to us with a troubled look on his face. We have a rule in our house. The rule is that Mommy has bought you at least a dozen pair of underwear. If you get your undies wet, and [...]
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3
Aug
Posted by joz1234 in home, housecleaning, humour, life's lessons, mommies, moms, stupid things I do. Tagged: getting rid of odor, Glade, Pam, slip and slide, slip and slide in the kitchen. 5 Comments
The boys and I came into the house a couple weeks ago after being out at the park. When we came in, I noticed a moldy odor. I suspected it was my used cleaning rags in the laundry room, so I immediately put them in the washer to wash. The smell was pretty bad, so [...]
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The Mom Blogs
6 Aug
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Posted by joz1234 in blog business, miscellaneous, mommies, moms, things I like a lot. Tagged: relationships, comments, social connection, websites, blog, blog comments. 10 Comments
I have to admit that as a stay at home mom, I don’t get out of the house much. I have struggled with wondering if I spend too much time on the internet, but I have decided that it is part of my social connection with the real world, and as long as it doesn’t [...]
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