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How Do Some People Make Parenting Look So Easy?

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This post is sponsored by the Center for Parent and Teen Communication.  All opinions are my own.

THEN

How you would fall asleep in your car seat after being in the car for about 1 mile.  How I was convinced you were reading before age 2 because you memorized Goodnight Moon.  How you would make this adorable face when we said “make the mean face”.  

Now 

How you get ready and drive yourself to your first job.  How you help your little sister with her math homework.  How you discuss your political views and current events with such poise that it brings me so much joy about the young woman that you’re becoming.

While I’d love for you to be my little girl forever I know that at some point I have to let you go and grow on your own.

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Disrupt Aging and Change Your Perception as a Parent

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**This post is made possible with support from AARP’s Disrupt Aging.  All opinions are my own.**

Twenty years ago if you asked me if I wanted to have kids the obnoxiously loud answer would have been **** no!  Which is why it’s so crazy to think that now at the age of 45 I’m the mother of two daughters.  Having children was something I never set my sights on.  I never baby sat kids and the thought of having any meant “there goes all the fun”.  Even when my husband and I met I wasn’t thinking about kids either then when I hit 28 the baby bug hit me bad!  It was like some sort alien creature entered my body…and the rest is history!  haha

Today my daughters are 16 and almost 9.  I have no idea where in the heck the time went but I would seriously like for it to slow the heck down.  My husband and I always joke about how it was a lot easier having our first daughter because we were younger.  That 7 year difference ain’t no joke!  We recently started talking about how our oldest daughter is going to be heading off to college soon and that being in our late 40s is so different from how we viewed 40s when it came to our parents and even thinking about our grandparents!

There used to be a time where you worked “for the man”,  retired at 65 and then just sat around the house doing nothing.  Well times have definitely changed and now I work for a non-profit, blog on the side and my husband is self-employed!  Now when I look at getting older I look at the endless possibilities of living life to the fullest and enjoying that time with family and friends.

These are 2 people that refuse to be the old, fuddy duddy parents LOL

AARP’s initiative is to disrupt the beliefs that a lot of us have about aging.  The mindset should not be about what you haven’t done or what you’re too old to do but encouraging others you to shift your attitude about growing old into a positive one.  Had a chat with the hubby about the following questions to see how he feels about how things have changed over the last 16 years as parents.  And parenting our 2 girls will keep anyone young! [Read more…]

Welcome to Wine’ing Momma!!!

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First off…welcome!!!  Thank you all so much for joining me today as Wine’ing Momma makes her debut!  This has been a long time coming and I’m so happy that my new look and name have finally happened!  Now it wasn’t easy and there were many days along the way that I was looking like the image below!  But I survived!!!  Thank gawd for wine!  LOL

I kept thinking about how I wanted it to look and what type of vibe I wanted to give to all my fun readers. There are so many “experts” out there in social media and after a while I swear they all started to sound like the adults on Charlie Brown.  Do this…don’t do that… -_- [Read more…]

5 Things Every Parent Needs in Their Car #Giveaway

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As a parent there are times that I feel like I need to just pack the entire house up and put it in my car.  -_- But that’s not really realistic, so today’s list will have to suffice…LOL!  Each year I say I’m going to become more organized and start clearing out clutter in my life.  Well each year I fail miserably but the one area that I always seem to keep it together is our car.

I don’t know about you, but there’s something about going from being single with a car to having kids with a car.  Gone are the days of no scuff marks on the back of the seats, random gooey sticky things in the floor, hairbows astray and the endless trail of snacks that never seems go away….never!  I think I found a cheerio the other day and lawd knows when the last time my youngest daughter had Cheerios in the car!

So today I’d like to share my 5 things every parent (guardian, sitter, nanny, baby daddy, grandparent…you get the picture) needs in their car.  Trust me…this list will help save your sanity and keep your car nice and neat. [Read more…]

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