What’s not to love about a family road trip?
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Category Archives: You Kiss Your Mother With That Mouth?
Lucky shot
Top reason every Mom needs a camera? To freeze the fleeting moments of pure adoration so they can be thawed out later, when she can do no right in the eyes of her child.
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Listen Up! Anyone? Anyone?
My kids don’t know what they’re missing because I have EXCITING news to share!
After reading and hearing a ton of wonderful stories about motherhood, Wendi and I have selected the 2012 cast of Listen to Your Mother: Austin. Hooray!
Please join me in congratulating this talented group of writers!
Underwriters
This serene moment brought to you by the law offices of Bribery & Good Fortune and by support from viewers like you.
Back-up plan
As I mentioned last week, I’m filling my precious kid-free hours by making plans and setting goals for the new year. This can be a stressful exercise for someone with lofty ambitions, limited time, ample fear, and a newly adopted Omigod I’m 40 and I Gotta Make Something Happen tendency.
But I’m pushing through…armed with the reassurance that if my career as a writer and photographer falls through, I can always manage my kids’ wildly successful careers as the next Jackass stars.
Souvenirs
I know, I know…I have been gone and didn’t even bother to bring back a lousy T-shirt for you. Please accept my apologies and these belated postcards.
Ah, here we are at a beautiful, family-friendly beach resort. By “resort” of course I mean “random city park in the middle of nowhere.” Lucky for us, the event organizers provided babysitters…
But that’s not all we’ve been up to!
We spent some quality time with family. All the cousins! Yay! And traditions! Yay! Like food and football and an annual photo with all seven cousins sitting together looking adorable. Or maybe just six of them. Because maybe a certain 2-year-old (ahem) might decide to throw an unholy fit and refuse to stand anywhere near the group without spitting and crying and hurling his body all about. Family bonding!
But that boy, he is no dummy, that’s for sure. He knows a travel tip when he sees it:
When you have to take a trip to time-out, you might as well pack snacks.
I swear we are pacifists
Ah, the third child. He can charm his way through even the strongest convictions.
Just sayin
Turns out that of the many provocative phrases my toddler has learned from his older siblings, “butt fart” is not the most offensive to my ears.
I’d take it any day over this one: “Not fair, Mama! Not fair!”
Public Service Announcement
The low-rise dilemma: it’s not just a teen problem.
It’s never too early to talk to your kids.
So please talk early, talk often.
With the right guidance, you can keep experimentation from turning to tragedy.
Delish
How can I possibly leave my glamorous daily life during this brutal Texas summer for a few days in San Diego at the incredible BlogHer11 conference?
Words can’t describe how easy it will be!
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If you will be there too, please drop me a note! Would love to see some of my bloggy pals!
