by Amy LeForge | Oct 5, 2009 | Parenting
Hey, over at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting) we’re talking about your biggest parenting pet peeves. Won’t you join in and tell me yours? Hubby’s pet peeve is pretty similar to mine. “When it’s bedtime, it’s bedtime. Go to bed,...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 28, 2009 | Parenting
I ran across a fascinating article on how much parents lie to their children, even while teaching their kids that lying is wrong. Turns out lots of people do this, and the researchers called it Pinocchio Parenting. The whole thing was quite an eye-opener to me, as I...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 25, 2009 | Parenting
Still working on the school frustration thing. I talked with Hubby about it and he mentioned that the fact that the older boys don’t have desks to work at bugs him a little. They love to lay on the floor to do their work. I do too, so it’s hard for me to...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 23, 2009 | Parenting
I don’t remember if I have told you lately about my frustration levels. They’ve been rather high. We started school almost 4 weeks ago, and it took me all of 2 days to announce that this is the last year I’m planning to keep the older boys at home....
by Amy LeForge | Sep 16, 2009 | Parenting
I am a person who is obsessed with keen on order. Most of life is manageable because I follow my own little rules and systems. For example: when I take off the puppy’s collar, I set it on the dresser near the garage door. Then whenever I need to take her out, I...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 29, 2009 | Parenting
As promised, here she is: our new puppy. We drove to Ohio Monday and spent the night at a hotel with a water park. Very fun! Then Tuesday we went and got Keely and drove home. It was a fantastic trip, but exhausting. I didn’t even feel like eating anything until...
