Mother of the Year: Hand, Foot and Blabber Mouth Edition

by Jamie Reeves // 2012-09-25 // 2 Comments

Two kids, multiple pediatrician office visits, and an ER trip later, I am practically a walking WebMD. You know how there are things you SWEAR you’d never do once your a mom and then BAM a decade later you realize... Continue reading →

Thought for the Day

by Jamie Reeves // 2012-09-19 // 4 Comments

Ha, right?! Speaking of going places, today I’m traveling! I’m very excited to be headed to Kansas City this evening for the Lee Jeans blogger summer. I’ve been working with Lee for a couple of years now as a blog... Continue reading →

This Proud Parenting Moment Brought to You by Adam Sandler

by Jamie Reeves // 2012-08-29 // 6 Comments

Sunday was a busy soccer day. Miss C had two games in Murfreesboro, which is about an hour’s drive. I knew we’d have limited time between games and with the first game ending around 1, I decided to don my... Continue reading →

Kids Unplugged: Brutally Honest Beauty Edition

by Jamie Reeves // 2012-07-26 // 7 Comments

Kids have a wonderful talent for not sugarcoating things. And honesty is the best policy, right? New parents be prepared to check your ego at the door. Kids love to tell it like it is. Or maybe it’s just my... Continue reading →

Juvenile Delinquency And Other Themes We Ignore When Kids Play Peacefully

by Jamie Reeves // 2012-07-17 // 3 Comments

It’s all fun and games until you realize these innocent looking dollhouse figurines are total juvenile delinquents. About two days into summer break my girls were already chanting that mantra every parent dreads…I’M BORED. File this under things your kids... Continue reading →

Love Is All You Need (Well, That And Wine)

by Jamie Reeves // 2012-02-13 // 9 Comments

Photo from D Sharon Pruitt, Pink Sherbet Photography (Flickr Creative Commons) Happy Valentine’s Day! To all my parent friends, do you remember Valentine’s with your spouse before kids? Heck do you remember LIFE before kids? And wait…are people actually going... Continue reading →

A Kinder, Gentler, Nerdier Mid-Life Crisis

by Jamie Reeves // 2011-10-05 // 6 Comments

I’ve been making a concerted effort to cut back on our TV consumption. We don’t watch much to begin with so it hasn’t been a big sacrifice, plus this fall has been extremely busy with travel soccer and twice weekly practices for Miss... Continue reading →

Paradise Breeze For A Buck

by Jamie Reeves // 2011-07-18 // 4 Comments

Photo by D Sharon Pruitt, Pink Sherbet Photography, (free Creative Commons license) Generally speaking taking kids grocery shopping gets easier as they get older, although the nice thing about babies is they are self-contained little creatures who can’t run off the... Continue reading →

Sisterly

by Jamie Reeves // 2011-02-10 // 4 Comments

I’m in the bathroom getting ready to go to the grocery and I hear the girls playing Wii in the den. “You’re doing good!” I overhear Miss C say. I peek my head around the corner, “Hey, that was a... Continue reading →

If Eric Carle Was A Disgruntled Mother

by Jamie Reeves // 2010-03-29 // 29 Comments

Brown bear, brown bear what do you see? I see a wad of gum where it shouldn’t be. Red bird, red bird what do you see? I see laundry multiplying before me. Yellow duck, yellow duck what do you see?... Continue reading →

From The Ted Nugent Parenting Handbook

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-12-30 // 6 Comments

Edited to add: OK dumb blonde alert. My husband just read this and was mortified that I’d said he told the girls an animal had killed the deer. So I’ll set the record straight. He told the girls that a... Continue reading →

Show Me The Funny

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-12-10 // 5 Comments

I’m very excited to post my first author interview and delighted that it’s about one wickedly funny parenting book. Mary K. Moore, a successful magazine writer and editor, has written “The Unexpected When You’re Expecting,” a parody of the pregnancy... Continue reading →

Things That Go Oink In The Night

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-11-25 // 6 Comments

Miss A tends to be a night owl and last night was no exception. She was still wide awake well past 9 o’clock while Miss C had been snoozing for at least half an hour. I kept directing her back... Continue reading →

Do You Know The Muffin Man?

by Jamie Reeves // 2008-11-21 // 12 Comments

I have a heinous cold. That’s right. Not just a cold, but a heinous one. I was feeling much better earlier today and my dad brought me soup but the evil cold demons are creeping into my throat and dragging... Continue reading →