Thankful Thursday

May 16, 2013 5 Comments

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Happy Thursday friends!

May is the time when commencement speeches start flooding my timeline on Twitter & Facebook. I love this time of year because it feels like a fresh start: the beginning of summer and the start of so many young graduate’s futures.

One of my favorites is the commencement speech David Foster Wallace gave at Kenyon College in 2005. This is a quick 9 minute video adaptation of his speech that was recently published on YouTube. I love its honest advice on what is truly important in life. Set aside a few minutes for yourself today and watch this video, you won’t be sorry!

This is Water.

 

Side Note: DFW committed suicide 3 years after this speech and a long struggle with depression. I read he went off his medication and when he finally went back on it, he found it had lost its effectiveness. It’s a tragic story, but I don’t think it lessens the value of this speech.




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Ain’t too proud to bribe…

May 14, 2013 1 Comment

Pardon my English for this title but this subject is totally reminiscent of The Temptations song “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg.” Except in this case I’m not begging for a second chance at love, but for a much less romantic second chance: for a 3-year-old who poops in the toilet again. You see, before we left for Disney, Jackson was doing awesome in potty training. The day before we left Florida, he came down with a 102 degree fever and it was all downhill from there. And by downhill I mean pooping in underwear. Pooping in pull-ups. Pooping everywhere but a damn toilet.

After a week of bad potty accidents and a threenager who could not care less he was sitting on a load in his pants, I turned to Twitter for help. Twitter always comes through in parenting emergencies. An old Twitter friend of mine, Chrystal, came through with what worked for her son’s potty training regression: 5 poops in a potty with no accidents he got a fish.

We presented this idea to Jackson and he was PUMPED to get a fish. It took way more clarifying on our end than I anticipated and I’m convinced our son is going to be a lawyer someday with his negotiation skills but we have now gone 2 days without an accident. Oh, we also have a fish now.

My parenting advice for those with threenagers: “WHATEVER WORKS.”

Meet Crabby:

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Protecting your Baby with The Shade {Giveaway}

May 14, 2013 9 Comments

May is National Skin Cancer Month and I'm excited for the opportunity to introduce an innovative new product that will help protect your baby from the sun's harmful UVA and UVB rays. Not only does The Shade protect your baby from the sun, but it also … [Continue reading]

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Thank You Mom

May 11, 2013 Leave a Comment

I've sat here for an hour now trying to think of a way to express how much my mom means to me. I've written paragraphs and then deleted them because they're just not good enough to express my love for her. Sometimes I'm a better list-maker than a … [Continue reading]

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Thankful Thursday or Cranky Thursday

May 9, 2013 7 Comments

I'm not going to lie and say it was easy to write Thankful Thursday this week. For no good reason, except that I'm cranky and I don't particularly feel like writing down the good things in my life. Some days I would rather sit by myself and wallow in … [Continue reading]

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That time a @SouthwestAir gate agent ran on the plane to yell at me.

May 6, 2013 33 Comments

If you've ever traveled with small children before you know it is not a walk in the park. We've been lucky in our 3 and a half years of traveling with kids because we always fly Southwest and their employees are always very friendly … [Continue reading]

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Thankful Thursday: May 2nd

May 2, 2013 7 Comments

I'm writing this on Wednesday, hours before we head back to Rhode Island. At the tail end of a vacation I always yearn for my own bed and tend to have less patience than normal but I'm trying to not get snappy and appreciate the fun we've had for the … [Continue reading]

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Flying Solo with 2 Toddlers

April 26, 2013 Leave a Comment

Ok, since Jackson is a threenager he might be better labeled a "preschooler" but traveling with 2 toddlers sounds more exciting. On Tuesday, I flew solo from Rhode Island to Tampa, Florida with an 18-month-old and a 3-year-old, with only the help of … [Continue reading]

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Stokke Tripp Trapp Giveaway

April 26, 2013 8 Comments

*This post is part of an April Showers giveaway series hosted by my friend Akemi at MommyGuru.com. Good luck, we LOVE our Tripp Trapp!! -Joanna* If there is one item I could tell you to make sure you have on your baby registry it is the Stokke … [Continue reading]

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Thankful Thursday

April 25, 2013 10 Comments

Greetings from Florida! While I'm visiting family & friends in my hometown, I wanted to check in with you all and say hello. I hope you're having a beautiful week, there is a ton to be thankful for: I'm thankful my friend Heather's surgery … [Continue reading]

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