when your four-year-old is {gone}
I brought tired Sissy home while the boys went out for a post-game meal following Big Bro’s team’s exciting win tonight. It was an epic baseball match-up. Last game of […]
Tag Archives: parenting
Tips: Making Kids’ Board Games Work {better} for You
We are all about throwing down on a few board games here at CampClem. CandyLand, Chutes & Ladders, Sorry, Uno, Memory, GoFish, Chess, Stratego… We loves us a good game […]
Just Go Ahead And Tell Them {this is gonna hurt}
Of course, I hate to see my precious ones distressed, and I know that shots are not fun. I know this after years of dreading, fearing, and avoiding shots myself. […]
The Dead Gator, Dumpster Diving, and Motherhood Magic
My husband’s dad was in town for a visit this past weekend. I call him Dadoo. The kids know him as “Ba.” Because when “Nana” chose her grandmotherly name, he […]
How To Get A Big Group Of Little Kids To All.Just.Sit.Down.
Have you ever tried to wrangle a room full of two- or three- or four- or five-year-olds? It’s like herding cats. Very.Noisy.Cats. Let’s say you have a group of ten […]
Eclectic Gifts {and how to love your family}
Asheville is a totally artsy place, apparently an “upcoming hipster community”… whatever that means. Folks ’round here carry their own grocery bags & eat whole foods & have vegetable gardens […]
A Mother’s Ode To Muck
delightfully dirty and splendidly soiled you muddy the clothes over which I have toiled… to clean. deliciously dusty and marvelously mucky of having an understanding mom, you’re lucky… I mean […]
The Red Sea, the Memory of a Goldfish, and Saying Thanks
I always joke with my kids that I have the memory of a goldfish. Once around my bowl and it’s a whole new world. I’m the mom who walks into […]
{We Crack Ourselves Up} At The Dinner Table
We’re big fans of knock-knock jokes at the dinner table ’round here. The cheesier the better. You know like “orange who?” “Orange you glad I’m blogging this?” So I say, […]
Food Is Fun {And Childhood Is Magical}
{A little yummy way to speak love to your children this weekend…} Preschool moms: What can take “Yuck, no, thank you” and transform it into “Yum, yes, please!” Toothpicks. {Try […]
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