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They Put Away the Laundry!

A big battle around here (for WAAAAAAYYYY) too long has been laundry. Essentially, I refused to do it anymore for the older boys several years ago. This is because when I entered their room every morning to get them up, I was wading through piles of clean (CLEAN!!)...

FFYF: Put Your Toys Away Edition

I could NOT resist this topic for my Fun For Your Friday submission this week. There was a bomb scare in Florida last September, and I forgot about it until just now. A stuffed toy horse was discovered just sitting out on the sidewalk (and apparently it had some wires...

Parenting via Annoyance

I love my boys. Really! I do. But sheesh there are days they drive me nuts. The big issue of late is picking things up. In my fantasy world, they put toys and books and gum wrappers away as soon as they’re done. That? Major fantasy. So yesterday I tried out a...