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Etiquette Training: Outdated or Totally Necessary?
For the final event of the school year, my daughters Brownie troop hosted a mother-daughter tea, at the home of one of the girls in the troop. Now, this would have been lovely, except that the tea was not just any old tea. This tea was being billed as an etiquette lesson, and was to be led by an expert in etiquette and manners. Oy.
Bittersweet Tears at My Daughter’s 10th Birthday
Im a sucker for milestones. The last day of preschool, the first day of kindergarten, graduations of any sort, weddings, silver and gold anniversaries. Play me the first few bars of the graduation march and Im instantly choked up. Show me a video of a father-daughter dance at a wedding and my mascara
The Standing Up Pee-er
After nearly seven years, my son has begun to pee standing up. I dont know when most boys start to pee standing up, or if they ever pee sitting down. I feel like this is the kind of thing you investigate and obsess about when youre a first time mom and youre potty training your first born. But my first born was a girl, so I missed that part, and with the second kid–well, we all know how things go with second kids. My son just sort of potty trained himself by imitating me and his sister, and I didnt really have the time or the inclination to worry about it.