Mompreneur Musings: The Quest For Balance

I cannot remember the last time I had such a lazy Sunday. Actually, I think it was before we had children, so about 6 ½ years ago. Despite that we have had mostly gray skies and rain these last two weeks, I welcomed the damp and somewhat gloomy weather as an excuse to rest.
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So much for being laid back about where our youngest sleeps – her room in her bed, or our room on the floor. Looks like this plan of reverse psychology is backfiring big time. Last night our older daughter (age 6 1/2) insisted on sleeping in her sleeping bag on the floor in my husband [...]

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Our youngest daughter, Maddie, just turned five. She has slept in our room about 220 nights out of the last 270. No jokes here. She started in our bed and after a month or so, we told her it was her sleeping bag on the floor, or back to her room. I’m beginning [...]

My girls are 5 and 6 ½ years old.  I work full-time and sometimes think I must have the word “sucker” written in hot pink across my forehead (and that of course would be the only word my girls could read). I check in the mirror every day; I haven’t noticed the label on my [...]

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I hear huffing, puffing, and growling. Did a wild bear break into our house and come into our bedroom. Oh yeah, there are no bears near where we live. Hmm, what could it be? More growls. I pull the covers up higher and roll cautiously towards where the noise is coming from; I [...]

My five year old, Maddie, has had some sleep issues for the last nine months. She has woken my husband and me up by crawling into our bed more nights than I care to count (and no, this is not particularly healthy for our relationship – I need say no more). She got so sneaky [...]

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Our Au Pair relayed a funny story over dinner last night that seems ripe for a soap opera. The cast of characters, however, include my six-year old daughter, Isabelle, and two other children in her class who we’ll call “girl” and “boy.” The script goes like this:
Au Pair: Last week Isabelle [...]

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Over dinner I asked my six-year old daughter if she was interested in taking karate after watching her cousin’s class today. She vehemently shook her head no. When I asked her why, she shrugged her shoulders. Our 20-year old au pair provided some insight…
“At the start of the karate class the [...]

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Mommy, “What does that mean?” asked my youngest daughter in reference to Stuart Little’s comment “While I am about it, I might as well seek my fortune too” as he left home in search of Margalo the bird. I explained that it means to make money.
Maddie then asked me, “Is that [...]

If you were a dog, what would you think when your master is no longer there to play with you and feed you? You wouldn’t understand that she was returning, you’d only know that she was gone. Our 90-pound Bernese Mountain dog, Ozzie, tends to sulk while I’m away and hang out in our bedroom [...]