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We Are Back…With Food
So we at Flying Mom Pants took a little break…ok, a year long plus break…many things have happened over the last year or so…new businesses…new schools…tweens have become teens…you know, life. Anyway, we are back and hopefully, we will be bringing … Continue reading
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Social Media, the bane of my existence…
Originally, I was going to write this post about how I now need to stop and think about posting pictures of my kids on Facebook. Now that Frick and Frack are getting older, posting pictures on them in their Christmas pajamas … Continue reading
Welcome 2015!
Here we are two weeks into a brand new year and I can hardly believe it. I was just getting used to 2014 and now its over. It has completely sped by me before I was ready for it to leave. … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, ball, black-eyed peas, challenging, champagne, collards, food, good luck, greens, hard, midnight, money, New Year, New Year's, New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, pork, resolution, resolutions
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Being thankful…
It’s that time of year…Thanksgiving. Not only is the holiday about food (yes, I’ve become obsessed with googling the perfect way to roast a turkey. Still a turkey novice so any help I can get is a good thing…) but … Continue reading
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Tagged coworkers, Facebook, family, friends, husband, pets, sons, thankful, Thanksgiving
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Finding my third gear
Many changes have occurred in the past weeks. School has started. Despite all my worrying, Frick is adapting well to middle school. Frack is back in the mode of school, friends and soccer. The husband and I both have new jobs. The husband now works … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, bike friendly, bike riding, excercise, excercising over 50, me time, working mom
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Trying to put my chopper on the ground
Well, here we are at the start of week three of school. It is hard to believe we are already into September and a new school year has begun. There have been a lot of changes this year. As I … Continue reading
Posted in middle school parenting, older moms, parenting
Tagged 6th grade, activities, aide, anxiety, behaviors, boys, challenge, challenging, child, children, coping, daughter, disabilities, disability, education, gen ed, general education, helicopter parenting, helicopter parents, helicopters, hover, middle school, Minecraft, over-parenting, pay time, Princess, self-esteem, shadowing, special ed, special education, struggles, teacher, traits
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I am a mom. I am white. My husband is white. We have two boys. One is Latino, the other is African-American. That means that both my boys, as they grow older, are more likely than their white friends to be followed by security at … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, African-American, Alex Landau, Ferguson Missouri, Latino, Michael Brown, mom, Patsy Hathaway, race, shooting, Trans-racial adoption
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The Chore Chart
I have been threatening to do a chore chart or list for such a long time. But just kept putting it off. Once in a while, I would get the kids to help around the house. But I never really … Continue reading
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Tagged brother, chore charts, chore lists, chores, clean, cleaning, disabilities, disability, education, enthusiastic, floors, food, friends, jobs. cleaning, learning, meals, mopping, parenting, responsibility, sister, sweeping
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Flying by the Seat of our Well-Worn Mom Pants 