Let the punishment fit the crime

June 15, 2011 |

I have always been big on letting the punishment fit the crime. Even when my daughter was 2 1/2 years old, if she acted too babyish I responded by treating her like a baby. If she whined instead of using her words, I would hold her in my lap. After all, her toddler toys would…

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Farewell 28. Now I’m 29!

May 30, 2011 |

First in line to wish me a happy birthday this year: Progressive Auto Insurance. Thank you Progressive for programming your automated system to acknowledge my special day! Yep, I recently had a birthday. I guess that would make it Unfair Mom’s birthday too. … Do alter-egos share birthdays with their original beings? Anyhow, 29 is…

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Teaching my kid to ride a bike!

March 2, 2011 |

I have decided that this is the year to teach my daughter how to ride a bike. I tried a few years ago when she was 4, but for some reason she just couldn’t understand the concept of peddling. Now my little girl is 8 1/2 years old … And her PE class has just…

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Make your own pull-string pinata

July 10, 2010 |

Beating the stuffing out of a goofy looking pinata can be the highlight of a party! But to some, this practice is cruel and pointless destruction. My daughter falls in the second category. She was heartbroken to see her friends tear apart the colorful little donkey she so carefully picked for her sixth birthday. Now…

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Slaying bubbles

July 3, 2010 |

How do you get a group of 6 year olds to sit still? — I have no idea! For my daughter’s six year old birthday party, I rounded up some supervising adults and let the children have at it with swords and magic wands to slay and poof away the dreaded Bubbles of Clean! Sword…

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My 28th Birthday

May 6, 2010 |

I just had a very nice 28th birthday … I hope there are many more good birthdays to come! It started out as a normal day. My daughter went to school, my boyfriend went to work, and I played hooky from work. (Don’t get me wrong. I love my job! But I have been having…

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It snowed in East Texas! … Over 6 inches!

February 12, 2010 |

For those of you who don’t know, Northeast Texas generally doesn’t get much snow. The pictures below are of the most snow I have ever seen in my life! It took like 3 or 4 days for the last of the shaded patches in the woods to melt. Check out our pics from the most…

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Toss the tail to the tiger

July 23, 2009 |

For my 25th birthday, my best friend and I made our own “pin the tail on the donkey” game out of paper, crayons, and tape. It was SO much fun! A few weeks later, when my daughter turned 5, she wanted to do the same. The game did not meet her expectations. … She loved…

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