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Articles Written by: ROCKSINMYDRYER
This week Parenting Magazine offered up these photos of a "paci tree" in Copenhagen, Denmark. Fifteen years ago, in my pre-baby days, I probably would've scoffed at those pictures--"Look at those overly indulgent and sentimental parents," Pre-Baby Me ...
From ROCKSINMYDRYER,
BlogHer,
22 Apr 2009
Somewhere, at this very moment, my dad is laughing hysterically that I have been given an assignment to write about room cleaning. Cosmic irony, and all that.
It was the single best source of conflict between my dad and me during my teen years ...
From ROCKSINMYDRYER,
BlogHer,
10 Apr 2009
. The deal was sealed for good with Peanut Butter Jelly Time, easily the most annoying song ever created, and yet my sons (and, I'll confess their mother) cannot look away. Now we all seem to find the phrase "peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat" ...
From ROCKSINMYDRYER,
BlogHer,
20 Feb 2009
Often our extended family will vacation together: my own husband and kids, plus my parents, and sometimes my brother and his family. But this summer, my parents went somewhere just the two of them.
While they were gone, my brother and I worried about ...
From ROCKSINMYDRYER,
BlogHer,
15 Feb 2009
I'd say it's a good time to be a kid. There seem to be endless clever and creative ideas available to parents for celebrating Valentine's Day. I remember using store-bought Scooby Doo cards with my friends (because nothing breeds third-grade romance ...
From ROCKSINMYDRYER,
BlogHer,
13 Feb 2009
The subject of kids' room decor has been on my mind a lot lately. For my oldest son's 11th birthday this past summer, we gave him a "new" room, redecorated to reflect his pre-teen sensibilities. A dozen loose ends, though, have kept it an on-going ...
From ROCKSINMYDRYER,
BlogHer,
6 Feb 2009
As I write this, my brother and his wife are on the other side of the world, meeting their new baby daughter in Ethiopia. She's 11 months old, and they'll be bringing her home in a few days. Those of us back at home have been a bundle of nerves as we' ...
From ROCKSINMYDRYER,
BlogHer,
30 Jan 2009
I'm a sports mom. I have two soccer players and a swimmer. And it's a little amusing to me that life has taken me down this path.
I've never been much of a sports fan and certainly not a sports player--I have just enough physical coordination to ...
From ROCKSINMYDRYER,
BlogHer,
28 Jan 2009
The normal demands on a growing family are, in and of themselves, substantial. But imagine combining the "everyday" demands with the added pressure of a marriage in which circumstances dictate that spouses live in different locations (often called ...
From ROCKSINMYDRYER,
BlogHer,
23 Jan 2009
Someday, when I am long gone, and my children are sitting around reminiscing about me, there are (I hope!) many good things they'll remember. But I wonder if, toward the top of the list, they will laugh and recite the sentence they have heard me say ...
From ROCKSINMYDRYER,
BlogHer,
9 Jan 2009
