My six-year-old asked me this question and it made me wonder if she would ever use one. There are so many things my kids don’t understand because things have changed. And though I try to change with the times, I find myself telling my kids how much better they have it (just like my parents […]
Motherhood Moments – Kids & Technology
My six-year-old’s first blog post. When I was growing up, we made paper airplanes and not laptops… or iPads.
Motherhood Moments: Telling the Truth (or Not)
Me: “Molly, were you writing on the bathroom mirror?” Molly: “No, Mom.” Me: (Showed her the picture) “Are you sure?” Molly:”Well, maybe.” Me: “Is that maybe with an M?” ———– The other day, I was sitting by the fire stealthily trying to snarf down the last brownie without getting caught. My three-year-old (the candy bloodhound) […]
Mompreneur Whitney Biggs
TheMommyhood.com is excited to present its first ever Mompreneur of the Month! Whitney Biggs is the mother of two kids (ages 7 and 9) and the co-creator of Treasured Passages letter books. She lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, and you can read all about her business in a recent article from the Knoxville News Sentinel. Whitney […]
Rain Boots Make Poor Sled Brakes
Like a lot of places in the U.S. right now, we have more snow than normal. That’s as good of an excuse as any to use our sled. Out we trudged into our powdery four inches of fresh snow. It was cloudy bright, so I was wearing my Jacki O sunglasses and my coat with […]
Quotable: Where You Live and OxyClean
The following are two separate conversations I had with my very literal little kids today. With my three-year-old: Me: “Charlie, do you know our address?” Charlie: “Huh?” Me: I clarified, “Where do you live?” Charlie: “Uhhh, in a house” I’m pretty sure there was an implied dumbass at the end of his statement. With my […]
A Presidential Welcome For Your Baby
Did you know you can arrange to have your baby’s birth acknowledged by the President? I didn’t. I learned this from my friend (thank you, Angie!) who did just that. Here is a picture of the letter she got from the White House following the birth of her adorable son, Carl. Apparently, the White House […]
Best of TheMommyhood 2010
Okay, so I should have posted this to TheMommyhood.com a couple of days ago, but I was busy having fun. Post-Grinch Bowl we celebrated New Years with friends dressed as Saturday Night Live characters. My stomach muscles still hurt from laughing. Clearly, blogging was not my priority. But I did want to take a quick […]
The Grinch Bowl – And a Major Award
New year’s eve was the day of our 3rd annual Grinch Bowl – a flag football match between a bunch of really fun (and funny) people that takes place in Atlanta. Even I play. And to be clear, my athletic abilities range from stepping in holes and rolling down hills to tripping over laundry baskets […]
Time and Christmastime
Like last year, the whopping deadline known as Christmas morning once again had us up late – this year, until 1:30 a.m.! Fortunately, Christmas Day (post greed-fest) was really low key, so naps were on the docket. But even with naps, my kiddos have been out of sorts for the last few days and I […]
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- "No you cannot sit on brother's face. No sitting on faces!" -- Ravyn, Ramallah, Palastine
- “Sweetheart, please don't throw yogurt at kitty.” Like saying this would actually STOP her... - Anissa, Chicago, IL
- "Get your fingers out of your nose and START EATING!" -Me, Knoxville, TN
- “We don’t tie up our friends – even if they’re part of the game.” - Jackie, St. Louis, MO
- “Mama, I yawned and sauce came out!” (vomit)
– Sydney (3) Maryville, TN
- My husband has my babies all by himself this week. When I was leaving town today, I asked Walker if he thought they would be ok . He said, "Of course, Mama. You left us food and I have a light saber."
-- Walker (5) Tupelo, MS
- "You are really annoying, and it is NOT opposite day."
-- Bryce (6) to Reed (8) Eagain, MN
- "Mom: Do you think you can be good at school the rest of the week – it’s only two more days…
Son: I’m not sure… “I can’t tell the future and I don’t have a working time machine.”
– Ethan (6) Milwaukee, MI