I am so tired of threatening my two year old with "Do I need to spank you?" I feel the harsh glare of people around me when I bend down and whisper it during a fit or other poor behavior. Notice I say "whisper" because I normally feel like weird about shouting it out. I decided that as an attorney handling a large amount of Child Welfare cases, threats of physical discipline might be frowned upon. The truth is, she never really gets a spanking. The threat of spanking has always been followed wi… Continue

Saturday night we joined friends for an evening out at Huey's to feed our burger need. The seven of us were seated around one of the large tables in the back in the hopes of not disturbing the other patrons. Now, Huey's is a pretty loud place on its own, but add PT and her partner in action Nealy (also 2) and it can seem like Huey's is a quiet romantic getaway. Those two can produce some volume. PT's little sis, Soah, just looks at me like "why is she so loud?" Anyway, near the end of the eveni… Continue

I remember making many a statement that started with these four words and hearing my parents laugh. I never really understood why they found it humorous as I thought I was a strong, determined person. Surely I could stick to my own rules. Well, one such statement was “My little girl will not wear big bows.” Hanging head in shame, I introduce exhibit 1.

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