A funny thing about raising a kid in Los Angeles is that you’re bound to run into some celebrity parents. Viv is not even 2 ½, but she’s already chatted up Pink and her daughter Willow, been cootchie-cooed by Amber Valletta at Trader Joe’s and met Don Cheadle outside a café–he reminded her to hold [...]
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Sweating With Toddlers + Sara Haley Exercise DVD Giveaway
Also posted in Giveaways, My Family Tagged Amber Valletta, baby, baby weight, blog, cardio, Don Cheadle, exercise, exercising with kids, Expecting More DVD, funny, giveaway, humor, Los Angeles, mom, mommy, Pink, SAHM, Sara Haley, Sweat Unlimited DVD, toddler, workout video 19 Comments
My Crack Is Showing, Butt It’s Not My Fault
“Honey, I love you, but are you aware that your ass crack is showing?” Dave asks me this while we’re reading bedtime stories to our toddler. I hardly think my state of dress or undress matters in the nursery, so I give him a look like, “So?” “No, I mean pretty much always,” he clarifies. [...]
Also posted in My Family, Parenthood Tagged ass crack, baby, baby weight, blog, butt cleavage, butt crack, coin slot, funny, high-waisted jeans, humor, low rise jeans, maternity jeans, mom, mommy, muffin top, plumber's butt, SAHM, toddler, yoga pants 8 Comments
Beauty Advice For Teen Girls From THE FUTURE
If I could go back in a time machine, this is the beauty advice I’d give to my clueless teen self. Until that technology is perfected, all I can do is share my hard won wisdom with the teens of today. It’s meant with love. 1. Cover Your Face – Girls, I understand the sensual [...]
Also posted in My Family Tagged aging, beauty advice, bleach, blog, boob job, funny, getting older, hair color, hair dye, humor, makeover, makeup, mom, mommy, SAHM, salon, skin care, sun damage, teen style 10 Comments
I’ll Never Stop Telling My Daughter She’s Beautiful
As a woman, I appreciate where Devan McGuiness is coming from in her Babble article, “Please Stop Telling my Daughters They’re Beautiful.” She’s noticed that while strangers tend to engage her son about school and sports, they’ll focus all their attention on her girls’ looks and clothes. She wants us, the random people who meet [...]
Also posted in My Family, Parenthood Tagged Babble, baby, beauty, blog, Bo Derek, Cheryl Tiegs, daughters, designer clothes, Devan McGuiness, Disney princess, Families in the Loop, funny, girls, humor, junior high, mom, mommy, SAHM, self esteem, Tiger Mom, toddler 10 Comments
My Toddler is Making Me Fat
Call me a hypocrite. No, it’s okay, I can take it. I write about how we need to be kind to ourselves and never trash talk our weight in front of our kids. And then I go and use the F word on myself. Loophole: Viv can’t read yet. So until she can, I’m just [...]
Also posted in My Family, Parenthood Tagged baby, baby weight, blog, breastfeeding, Circle of Moms, exercise, fat, funny, humor, mom, mommy, New Years resolution, pounds, SAHM, toddler, Weight Watchers 10 Comments
writer currently at home with my little girl, Viv. The twist is that while I am raising my daughter, I am also planning my wedding to her father.
