Comments on: Giving Kids What They Don’t Want

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:52:54 +0000

Julie- great blog! So true and so funny.
As for your ‘big kid bedding’, come to Wish Bedding! (I hope you don’t mind the shameless plug) If you haven’t found bedding for your little ones yet, I’m sure we can help you out! Anything we can do to keep them in their beds and off the floor

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:18:12 +0000

I can totally relate – Nathaniel forgot about his fish within a month unless he’s trying to worm his way out of a time out … errr … ‘time in’ … at which point Mr. Fish is hungry and must be fed right away. And about 2.5 months ago he informed us, very clearly, numerous times, that he was “… too big for my crib. It’s uncomfortable. I need a big bed Daddy.” I went out and got a ‘big boy’ twin bed the next day. Ask me where he still sleeps.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:10:20 +0000

Well for starters, I don’t really think of a fish as a pet. I know it is and it needs to be fed anc cared for, but it’s a fish. You can’t pick it up and cuddle it etc. I was happy to clean the gravel and tank today, even though it cost me a mouthful of fish water. This made the kids happy and they still like the fish, so this cheeky friend is okay with breaking the ‘no pets’ rule. Hmmm, I wonder if a dog would be go over….

By: Julie Cole

Julie Cole — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:24:14 +0000

Honestly, I think we forget two important expressions that are so applicable to kids:
1) it’s the little things in life
2) the best things in life are free

By: ModernMom

ModernMom — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:02:08 +0000

LOL This is so true! I worry every Christmas. Have I done right by them? Will they get the WOW! I was hoping for? Am I helping to make all their little dreams come true? Then 2 days later, they are screaming with laughter, playing with the empty boxes.

By: bopeeplady

bopeeplady — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:00:07 +0000

LMAO!! I love the picture of your kids at the end!! It’s so true, isn’t it? They have such short attention spans, they’re hardly worth the investment sometimes…but still hard to resist that begging and pleading 24/7.

By: Bobbi Janay @When did I go from a kid to a grown up?

Bobbi Janay @When did I go from a kid to a grown up? — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:40:01 +0000

I slept on the floor by choice a lot when I was younger and again on last Saturday night.

By: Janna @ The Adventure of Motherhood

Janna @ The Adventure of Motherhood — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:33:10 +0000

This is so true! We have so many “toys” that others would call “trash” but she loves them and I love her inventiveness.

Enjoy your new home and summer with the kids!

By: Toni-Lynn

Toni-Lynn — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:25:02 +0000

Julie I love reading all of your posts. On days that I feel like I am being such a bad mother, you help me realize that i am being just as “bad” as almost every other mom out there! lol

xoxo
Toni-Lynn

By: Carrie

Carrie — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:08:12 +0000

i had this beautiful picture in my head of sitting in a patio chair watching my child ride his bike up and down the sidewalk and instead all he wants to do is dig through tools in the garage and now our front lawn looks like a trailer park with old paint rollers and snow shovels strewn all over the grass while the $125 tricycle from Christmas remains untouched!