Blogs about: Theres No Exam To Be A Parent
Featured Blog
Recalculating
Taxman is a great Abba. He’s the boo-boo guy; bodily fluids don’t scare him; he makes great French toast. He taught the kids to play War. He reads stories and cuddles and schleps and fetch… more →
One Tired Ema
Recalculating
— 9 comments
Kate wrote 3 weeks ago: Taxman is a great Abba. He’s the boo-boo guy; bodily fluids don’t scare him; he makes gr … more →
Why I yell, and why I don't need to be tarred and feathered
— 14 comments
Kate wrote 1 month ago: So the New York Times will have you believe that I am a child abuser. I’m not. On some very te … more →
Puzzled
— 9 comments
Kate wrote 1 month ago: This morning Taxman dropped AM at gan; usually I do it. Because Taxman’s Hebrew is much better … more →
How do you say "premature sexualization" in Hebrew?
— 4 comments
Kate wrote 1 month ago: If I were in the United States and my 5 year old daughter came home with a Bratz sticker/coloring bo … more →
Please be my Dr. Google
— 11 comments
Kate wrote 1 month ago: Because AM’s cough is killing me. Every night at around 2:00 (approximately six hours after he … more →
Pride goeth before the poop. In New Jersey.
— 10 comments
Kate wrote 10 months ago: Yes, more talk about AM using the potty and pooping and stuff. But it gets really funny towards the … more →
How I saved my ass with $16
— 5 comments
Kate wrote 10 months ago: (I would call it a rookie mistake, but the rookies overpack.) The story begins on Tuesday night. … more →
Watch this space
— 3 comments
Kate wrote 10 months ago: I am going to tell you about the time (i.e., today) when I left the house with only 1 (ONE) banana, … more →
Babysitter dilemma
— 9 comments
Kate wrote 11 months ago: Innernets, you’re my only hope. Since September, I have had a babysitter for four hours a week … more →
Trying not to prognosticate. Really.
— 5 comments
Kate wrote 12 months ago: Miss M has had a cough for a few days and felt a little warm this evening. So we dosed her with coug … more →
Someone to Watch Over Me
— 4 comments
Kate wrote 1 year ago: So this parenting thing, it never really goes away. I tried to get away from it this morning, when I … more →
Shut up. It's decaf. (and I drank most of it)
— 8 comments
Kate wrote 1 year ago: So a neighbor’s babysitter offered a playdate this morning for AM because she thought it was t … more →
Restraint
— 5 comments
Kate wrote 1 year ago: Someone I don’t know very well, although we have a fair bit* in common, told me that his wife … more →
Read this.
— 10 comments
Kate wrote 1 year ago: If you don’t read Mother Goose Mouse, you at least must read this. Please come back and we can … more →
Unsurprisingly, I have no idea how to explain politics to a preschooler
— 3 comments
Kate wrote 1 year ago: (because half the time, I don’t understand this crap myself) Miss M took an interest in this w … more →
In which art imitates life
— 4 comments
Kate wrote 1 year ago: This afternoon, we ate take-out pizza* for lunch in our backyard sukkah. (Even more holidays are on … more →
So I will remember this particular bathtime 20 years hence
— 4 comments
Kate wrote 1 year ago: Taxman worked from home today. He was a witness to my no good, very bad meltdown over work stuff thi … more →
How to earn a 23% tip from One Tired Ema
— 3 comments
Kate wrote 1 year ago: Well, asking for money…that went over like a lead balloon. Anyhoo. Yesterday the Tired family … more →
Motherhood means...
— 1 comment
Kate wrote 1 year ago: Apparently, not having to apply one’s own sunscreen. When I was soaping up AM this morning, Mi … more →
