It was Tuesday November 8, 2011 that Monkey was standing next to her activity block and somehow lost her balance, let go or something and went forward and hit her face and bruised her cheek. The bruise looked awful and we couldn't wait for it to go away! Little did we know that this bruise was the beginning of a really bad week for her!



Thursday Nov 10th, Daddy was home during the day because he was working a weird third shift that night. That afternoon we were…

About a month ago, Grace barged into the bathroom right as Jim was stepping out of the shower.  As he quickly tried to cover himself with a towel, she innocently looked up at him through the steam and asked, "Daddy, how come your vagina hangs down like that?"

I couldn't help but laugh as he looked over at me, eyes pleading for help, and quickly answered, "I don't have a vagina, honey.  I have a penis." Of course this little episode provided me with lots of laughs, but as often goes in a…

A few weeks ago, my husband asked me if I needed anything from the store.  I asked him if he would pick up my youngest son a coloring book because he kept grabbing my pen from me when I wasn’t watching and kept telling me that he wanted to draw.  I took the pen away from him and he was devastated, even though…

I Imagine you are eating in a nice restaurant, enjoying good food and engaging conversation. Then at the table next to you, you notice a family trying to have a meal, kids doing their own thing, Mom and Dad patiently or less so making them behave. At that time you might be thinking restaurants are no place to bring children to. You're questioning their judgment and are even…

“Oh my! You are getting heavy!”

“I’s not, Mama. Don’t says that I, Eli, is not too heavy fors you.”

“You’re not?”

“No. be’tause if I’s too heavy, ‘den my mama can’t holds me. ‘Dat make my heart cwry.”

“I suppose I didn’t think of it that way. That is very sad.”

“Uh-Huh.”

“Well, I am thankful that you are not too heavy. I can still hold you and carry…

One of the most fun parts of editing FamiliesGo! is getting to go to the annual Toy Fair in NYC. It’s huge! And i always find something that makes me say, “That is so cool!” and wish I were a kid again. Some are already available; others will hit the shelves later this spring. Here are some of the most innovative, handy or just plain fun things I spotted this year for everyone from babies to teens (and maybe parents, too).…

Do you remember the other day when I wrote the post about Grace playing under our bathroom sink and pretending like she was at her Grandma's house?  (If you happened to miss it, you can read about it here.)

Well that evening, I decided that the reason she must be getting into so much mischief is because she's bored.   I guess deep down I sort of knew that already. After all,…

Heart Handmade has featured Play-Pretty, Yippie!

Is a crafting website and blog focusing on handmade crafts and uniting artists across the world.…

Now that my son has reached toddlerhood the time has come for me to experience first-hand what I've heard other parents discussing (or more like arguing over) for years...the never-ever ending debate: How much TV time is too much?

Here is the guilty party in question:

(Looks pretty innocent to me!)

I've been caught in the trap, constantly pondering whether or not I should allow my son to watch TV.  Before my second child was…

When I found out I was pregnant with Conor I was single, young, and pretty stupid.  When I told the ex-boyfriend the situation he quickly skipped town around the time I was 6 weeks along.  I never heard from him again.  I had to grow up and get my shit together fast, but in all honesty it wasn't that hard.  As soon as I realized I was pregnant, I was attached to the little one growing inside me.  I had never felt more in love with anything or anyone in my life before.  When he first…

What's in Alice's bag you ask? Well, which one? She carries like 5. Her new favorite game is loading

up as MANY purses as she can carry and pretending to go bye-bye. We call it the Bye-Bye Game. It can entertain her and us for a while.…

"Tan’s I haves ‘dis?”

“Hmm? What?”

“‘Dis. It a kitty cat. I likes him. Tan I haves him, pwlease?”

“Sure. That’s fine. I think he’s a hamster though.”

“What? A hamschtur? Oh no. He’s a kitty cat. Definwitely.”

“Eli… Right now you have 2 hamsters in your hand. Put one back with his friends. We will only take one home.”

“He a kitty cat. O’tay. I only haves 1 now.”

“Eli, you still have 2 hamsters in your hand. How many should you…

Even though Thanksgiving has passed, I wanted to take a moment and share a few things in which I am thankful.

With a new home, a loving husband, the cutest toddler around, supportive family and friends, I am one blessed mama!

Thanksgiving 2012: the mama, the baby and the daddy…

The best of last week. My attempt to write an non-bitching post! (there's a first time for everything, folks!)

http://perfectlyimperfectmomma.com/2012/11/19/the-best-of-last-week/

Whats you're "new" Thanksgiving tradition?

http://perfectlyimperfectmomma.com/2012/11/17/the-new-thanksgiving-tradition/

 If you're a mom then you've got one; The precious devil

http://perfectlyimperfectmomma.com/2012/11/19/the-precious-devil/

Something that I realized fairly early on in motherhood is that I am going to say some outrageous things in this raising a kid thingy. My 2 year-old is curious, messy and adventurous. He is exasperating, endearing and certainly entertaining.

Here’s a few of my own recent things only a mom would say:

“It is customary for one to wear pants outside. Yes, yes, even when we have on super…

There's no time like Mommy's wine time @ http://perfectlyimperfectmomma.com/2012/11/11/mommys-wine-time/

Deck the halls, already? at http://perfectlyimperfectmomma.com/2012/11/10/deck-the-halls/