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2017 Mother’s Day Gift Guide
Mother’s Day is coming up. Maybe it’s the one day a year you really feel appreciated. Maybe it’s the one day a year you indulge and buy yourself something special. Or, maybe you’re ready to print out a list or two and hide it in your partner’s work bag! Gifts are nice, of course, but…
When Your Daughter Is Getting Married (And You Have 6 Kids)
When my children were young I would throw some of the most amazing birthday parties. Every year I would throw six fun birthday parties, one for each child with a theme, decorations, and activities. 20 years later I still bump into to parents and children who share their memories of the Newsome kids’ birthday parties.…
How To NOT Make Your Kids Into Picky Eaters
I have a lot of younger cousins. A lot. And if watching them grow up has taught me anything, it’s that kids have the weirdest eating habits. Whether it’s just eating pizza and mac-n-cheese for every meal to chicken nuggets all day every day to snacking from morning til night, these curious consumptive customs had…
An Exciting Night Out Without The Baby
The following is a guest post from Raquel D’Apice, founder of the humor/parenting blog, The Ugly Volvo.A transcript from the night when we excitedly went out to a restaurant and left the baby with my parents:Jonathan enters the restaurant grinning and sits down across from me. Jonathan: Ready for our hot date? Me: I know look at us going out to dinner like regular adults who dont have a baby …