Category Archives: Laugh

Things Only a Parent Would Say: The Gun Show

This one comes straight from my husband’s mouth at dinner tonight to our oldest son David: Hey, lifting your fork to your mouth is quite a workout! Want your own saying featured? Here’s how: Head over to the Things Only a Parent Would Say page. Use the form to enter your own funny parental saying. Leave aContinue Reading

Stay-At-Home-Mom Problems: Afternoon Delight

Who says nap time is just for the kid’s benefit?Continue Reading

The Whining Hour

What is it about late afternoon that everything suddenly goes to blazes in a handbag? All day long everyone is happy. Then the clock flashes 5 PM. Suddenly my serene, quietly playing children turn into wailing howler monkeys. Toys fly through the air like a shower of smart bombs, and they shout, “Don’t look atContinue Reading

Things Only a Parent Would Say – Life Lesson #32

This week’s funny parental saying comes from Lisa over at Notes from the Shallow End. Some of the funniest things you say as a parent come in those moments when you’re teaching valuable life lessons like this one: Ah, yes. Important safety information. It ranks right up there with, “Don’t play in the street,” and,Continue Reading

Stay-at-home-mom Problems

Forget First World Problems. They have nothing on Stay-at-home-mom Problems. What’s a mom to do without her yoga pants? Seriously. Everybody gets so excited for Memorial Day. What’s the big deal? Oh, yeah. You get that day off work. At least I usually win.Continue Reading

This is Your Brain. This is Your Brain on Girl Scout Cookies.

You see them lurking everywhere this time of year. The Walmart parking lot, in front of the door at Sam’s Club, even the car wash. Their innocent faces and sweet smiles belie the treachery of the wares they hawk. It’s a familiar path. You know once you start you won’t stop until you savor all the toothsome contents. You’re mindContinue Reading

Eyes in the Back of Your Head (Blue-tooth Enabled) One of Many New Must-Have Products for Moms

The Mom Magic Company introduces its latest must-have products for moms: Sleep Mist Simply spritz this cookie-scented, non-toxic potion within 2 ft. of any child, and they’ll float away to dreamland before they can ask you for a Snickerdoodle. Child should be sitting down before using spray. Avoid breathing the spray in yourself as itContinue Reading