Category Archives: Raising the Beans

When I was putting the Monkey to bed, I sat down on the Puppy’s bunk. Monkey was shimmying around and babbling about something. Suddenly, I asked. Does Mommy snore? Monkey gets a funny, embarassed look on his face. Like...

I was sitting in the doctor’s office waiting for my appointment (I won’t go into detail but I was there waiting for almost an hour!) and happened to read an article about Jennifer Lopez’s baby nursery in one of...

I was telling my mother that my oldest and middle children always seem to end up sleeping in bed with us. Mr Puffles had suggested simply telling them to go back to bed, but I was horrified and said...

One of the other mom’s mentioned a funny thing the other day in preschool. Actually. We were in Parent Ed which is a monthly required class for the parents of the preschool where Monkey attends. The class is less...

There is one good thing about Santa Claus. My husband, Mr Puffles, and I use him on an annual basis to whip our children into reluctant observers of our arbitrary rules. During the Holiday Season – when someone gets...

So, Baby Miss Piggy started taking actual independent steps this past week after we returned from our trip to see Mr Puffles’s parents in Georgia and North Carolina. I suspected that Miss Piggy was hesitant to take those steps...

The other day, we were hanging out at the “big play area” at the mall. We call it the “big” play area to differentiate it from the “little” play area that is part of the gym that I use...

Here’s a reprint of a story about I from my other blog. I’m condensing! My stinky second baby comes out of bed every day and climbs into our bed and says “mook! mook! mook!” until I get up and...