Category: Mommy confession
The mom who hated Christmas
Every mom in the neighbourhood liked Christmas a lot . . . But one mom — the one with the scowl — she did NOT! This mom disliked Christmas! The whole Christmas season! (Perhaps therapy would one day uncover the reason). It could be… Continue Reading “The mom who hated Christmas”
The trouble with school pictures
Photographers who take school pictures, why do you hate us? Parents, I mean. I understand taking school pictures probably isn’t easy — and that you have a lot of sticky children to usher through your lineup, probably on a tight timeline in between lunch… Continue Reading “The trouble with school pictures”
Finances on a Friday
Our daughter cried when we told her we wouldn’t be able to go to PEI this summer. It hadn’t even been on our radar, but apparently it had been on her little barely-five-year-old mind. She looks at our photo books constantly and loves seeing… Continue Reading “Finances on a Friday”
Learning to ride a bike
I’d been feeling sort of uncomfortable, all winter long, over the fact that our son hadn’t even attempted to learn how to ride a two-wheeler. Not guilty, exactly, but definitely feeling that it was a bit of a parenting fail. Here he was,… Continue Reading “Learning to ride a bike”
When you kind of hate your child’s glasses
I knew the results of the eye exam before Dr. Lai said a word. I’d never seen my daughter scrunch up her face that tightly. She pursed her lips and leaned forward, squinting hard at the screen like she was in a make-a-funny-face contest.… Continue Reading “When you kind of hate your child’s glasses”
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