The Realistic Mummy

I knew, even looking from the outside, that functioning as a working parent was hard. When I was home full-time, I would sometimes spy neigh...

The weeks leading up to the holidays were exceptionally busy for our family (which explains my blogging silence), with the top-3 development...

Does anyone else find Halloween candy more plentiful than you remember it being when we were kids? This Halloween, my kids --who are small a...

Do you ever feel like you're maybe keeping on top of things, perhaps even making headway, and then suddenly have your illusions shattere...

Do you ever feel like the answer to all your problems was waiting for you at a certain juncture, and you looked the other way at the wrong s...

I do not clean my house. There. The truth is out. This is a choice I have made: Because I am mother to four boys aged five and under, ...

Kraft Dinner , beyond the dorm? I fed my children Kraft Dinner tonight, in all its obscenely orange glory. But, before I self-flagellate...

This evening, for dinner, one of my boys ate the end of a cucumber and an apple core, both intended for the compost bin. That's all. Yes...

So I need to confess I did something not very "Realistic Mummy" for our recent kid birthday. I agreed to make a Lightening McQueen...

Do you ever have days when things conspire against you to make it seemingly impossible to keep your cool? I had one of those days today. T...

Most "small" blogs that I've seen are complemented by lovely pictures. Nothing extravagant, but well-shot, in focus, etc. But ...

Me. The "Worst Mother of the Week" Award goes to me. It all started out like a regular kind of week. Little did I know that my vie...

Ah, my bedroom drapes. I remember when I first put them up how pleased I was that they were a bit long and therefore "pooled" on t...

I tend to be an "all or nothing" kind of gal. If I'm going to do something new, make a change in my life or take on a responsi...

The Lunar New Year is only a few days away, and if you're like me, then you've just awakened to that fact and are looking for some k...

Last week we took down our Christmas tree and packed away the ornaments and Christmas books. In the weeks before Christmas, I always find th...

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