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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 [...]

Filed Under: family, life Tagged With: potty training, toddlers

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 and accommodating. We even have their Southwest Visas for our personal and [...]

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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 strangers. I survived, even though it was an eventful trip. I’ll give [...]

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Sore bums, narrow airways and it’s only Tuesday!

March 12, 2013 17 Comments

I am exhausted. The past 48 hours have been rough. I noticed Sidney walking funny at the zoo on Sunday afternoon but didn’t think anything of it until i changed her diaper and noticed a sore on her “freckle muffin” (thanks to Blue Man group for that terminology) that bled a little. Fast forward to [...]

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Almost 1 Year Emergency Room Free

February 25, 2013 3 Comments

We almost made it to one year emergency room-visit-free for Sidney. The last time we visited our local children’s hospital, Hasbro’s Children’s Hospital, was March 12, 2012. Since Jackson was getting too much attention with his mini-man cold around here, Sidney needed to up the ante and get in on the croup action. Here’s a [...]

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Mini-Man Cold in the House

February 22, 2013 6 Comments

Winter is tough on our house. My kids pick up everyone and their dog’s germs and never seem to be 100% healthy until April. My husband generally stays pretty healthy, but when he gets hit- he gets hit hard. By hard, I mean he gets afflicted with the “man cold.” The man cold is the [...]

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Making Dad’s Birthday Special: for $10 or less

February 6, 2013 12 Comments

Birthdays are a big deal in my husband’s family. Everyone calls with birthday wishes and Happy Birthday is sung before the Polish song, Sto lat. I love that they have so many traditions that make every birthday special and I would like to have some of our own traditions. We started one for my husband’s [...]

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Top 5 Laughs

February 2, 2013 3 Comments

My friend Melissa over at The Mommyhood Chronicles has a great weekly feature with her Top 5 Laughs post. I love looking back at my week and remembering everything that made me smile. Here are my top 5 (that I can remember this morning, because let’s get real- my memory is not the best anymore): [...]

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We got our sillies out at YO GABBA GABBA LIVE!

January 26, 2013 2 Comments

Jackson is still dancing, 4 hours after the show ended. We saw Yo Gabba Gabba Live in Boston at the Orpheum Theater today and simply put: had a BLAST. As soon as the kids saw DJ Lance Rock come on stage, they were dancing in the aisles (or in Sidney’s case, in my lap). We [...]

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Archive your children’s art with Artkive

January 25, 2013 6 Comments

Jackson is now going to a preschool twice a week and a library story time once a week, which means we’ve had an influx of arts and crafts into the house. I felt horrible throwing away his artwork after displaying it, but what else am I supposed to with it? At this rate, by the [...]

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