I like to think I'm the type of person who doesn't let my kids bug the crap out of people. I may be living in an altered state of reality and my children are actually complete heathens who leave a charred path of chaos and destruction wherever we go, but I think our biggest offenses [...]

We’re reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians to kids right now. Actually, my husband, Tenzin, is reading it to all of us every night before bed. We’ve always been able to use the threat of “no books” as a punishment with our kids, but Percy is so much fun that my son actually passed up [...]

Like most parents, I've spent a fair amount of time reassuring my kids. I tell them that their house isn't going to burn down (thanks Little Drummer Boy). That they aren't going to get snatched from their beds by a witch (thanks Tangled). That we, or rather I, being the mom and always getting offed [...]

Incidentally, this is not me.About a week ago, a few days before Thanksgiving, I thought I broke my ass.  I'm not talking in a figurative "I really broke my ass trying to get that blah blah blah finished," sort of way.  I actually mean broke my ass.We were sledding -- my least favorite "sport" due [...]

So I've cracked open the Halloween candy (managing to hold off for five whole hours after buying it) because I'm self-medicating with chocolate.  I've never really thought of myself as an "emotional eater" (and, seriously, I hate all of that psycho-mumbo-jumbo, not because it's untrue but because it's been so done to death by talk [...]

I originally wrote this for another website, but they've changed formats and appear to have gone entirely video.  Which I honestly don't get because watching vlogs kind of annoys me (and with that statement, I've just sealed my fate and will be vlogging within the week).Anyway, my daughter's birthday was at the beginning of July.  [...]