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I’m sure I’m not alone on this one….but sometimes it's nice to hear of other moms that lose their sh*t too so you don’t feel half as bad…Feel free to comment below a time you lost it, or some advice if you’re a perfect mom and never lost it.  Sometimes I feel like I am always annoyed and bothered by all little things….for instance, my 6 year old tattles on everything, and she can’t even go into the bathroom alone if the light is off (yes she’s tall enough to flip the switch herself, but apparently it's just too scary to have to do that in the dark), my 9 year old is always bored and constantly asking for sleepovers or to make slime.  Sometimes it all just gets bottled up and you LOSE YOUR SH*T.  Maybe you yell or cry or do something stupid.  Mine usually involves some type of screaming and a swear word or two.  I gotta believe all moms do it.  I have the best mom ever, and growing up I thought so as well.  I do remember one day when she just lost her sh*t all over the kitchen.

I am very smart person.  Like not bragging, but I went through college with a 3.98, I’d say that’s pretty good for how much partying I did….Anyway, my point is I am BOOK smart...Like I know a lot about math and science and can figure things out easily…..However, I am NOT common sense smart.  In fact I’ve said some pretty dumb things throughout life….in fact I do it so oftenly that my family and friends have come to call them STEPHISMS.  Here are some examples: →One day I was looking through one of my husband’s hunting magazines (out of peer boredom) and I saw an ad for a spray that made the deer see you in black and white so that you didn’t stand out and you’d blend into your background when hunting.  (Now mind you, you are SUPPOSED to spray this on your clothing before going out hunting).  I look at the ad inquisitively and say, “So how do you get close enough to spray that in the deer’s eyes?” →We’re in Milwaukee driving to visit some friends.  Milwaukee is a ma

As you may or may not know...I teach english to children who speak other languages.   Often times when I have students that are super new to the US they have some questions on what certain things mean….things we never think about, but if you really think about it, the English language is pretty crazy and difficult to learn with all of our weird phonics and grammar rules…..Here’s a few stories: →One day I had a 5th grade girl that speaks spanish and was learning english come in from recess and say, “Teacher, what’s Cheez-it?”  So I’m all: “oh, it’s like this little orange square cracker that kids like to eat for a snack”.  She looks at me all weird, and says, “No I don’t think that's it…”  So of course my job is now to figure out what the heck she is talking about….so I ask her how/where she heard this, and she says (in spanish), “Well at recess all the kids were running around trying to get away from a certain person, and then someone ran over to me to

Funny story: so as you’ve learned Evelyn has hearing aids...well she’s definitely getting smart with them if you know what I mean…..She doesn’t love wearing them all the time at home so she takes breaks after school and takes them out.  The other day she was getting the oreos out to have a snack.  I said, “You can only have 2!” and then left the room.  Just a bit later I walked back through and saw her sitting at the counter with 4 oreos….I looked over at her with “the look” and said nothing.  She looked at me and replied, “What?!? I didn’t hear you say to only have 2”..... Little smarty pants ;)