Today my three-year old is barefoot, wearing shorts, a t-shirt and a necktie. nike air max 2015 It’s only fifty-four degrees. Still, this is a vast improvement. air max soldes pas cher His former attire of choice was just a diaper and his Nemo sandals. No matter what, though, he’s always a pirate in his…
©Lisa Barker Dear Mattel and Company, Our Momma is going to give away all our toys. She means it. We don’t care a whit about all the cars, blocks, stuffed animals and battery operated noisemakers that we have. So Momma is giving them all away to charity and leaving only our favorite playthings around the…
Image via Wikipedia ©Lisa Barker – Used by Permission It’s antelope season at my house again. Another child has reached the age where he can print and sound out some words so writing letters to Grammy and Auntie are high on his list. So are antelopes. “Momma, I need an antelope for my letter.” Aw. …
It Gets Their Attention ©Lisa Barker I’ve said it before and I will say it again. If you want your kids’ attention either sit down with a good book, make a phone call or put on some headphones. Sure enough, they’ll be at your elbow hollering at the top of their lungs in no time….
I’ve Created A Monster ©Lisa Barker I have another theory about why my youngest is so brash and demanding. He’s a celebrity. I thought he couldn’t read, but he must have discovered his starring role in the Jelly Mom column and now he treats the whole family like we’re dim-witted assistants that he can just…
Chores Are a Chore ©Lisa Barker Does it make any sense to you why a child that’s been responsible for a certain chore for, say, seven years suddenly can’t remember how to do it? Here and there I’d find a dirty dish in the cupboard, some crumbs on the floor or a cup on the…
No Pitter-Patter of Little Feet In This House ©Lisa Barker Why is it that my sons can’t whisper when they wake up? Why must they leap from bed, yelling at the top of their lungs, bickering with each other? Isn’t that bad for them? Doesn’t it give them a headache? I know it gives me…
No Domestic Goddess Here ©Lisa Barker I was enjoying a cinnamon bun candle – one of my favorites. It looks and smells so real I couldn’t help myself and leaned in closer, taking a deep breath. Zzzt. Zzzt. I didn’t know you could inhale a candle flame but apparently that’s what I did and now…
©Lisa Barker I love being a stay at home mom. I can go to the bathroom whenever I want, I can drink water whenever I want and I never have to say ‘excuse me’ unless the children hear. I haven’t let myself go. I just don’t have to answer to anyone and that’s a definite…
Survival of The Fittest Shopper ©Lisa Barker It happens all the time. People speed and chat on the phone while they eat lunch—all behind the wheel. They have no problem multi-tasking in the car. But put them behind a shopping cart at Walmart and these same people can’t walk and browse at the same time….