One of new year’s goals was to do more things alone with my oldest daughter on the weekends. She loves being active and is up for anything so when I saw the Groupon come in for a one hour session of indoor rock climbing at Sender One Climbing in their Funtopia climbing space I snatched it up. Now after our experience… Continue reading This Almost 40 Mom Repelled Off a Wall
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We Need Help
Well 2014 has come on with a BANG – and the year of the horse is a force to be reckoned with – let me tell you!
Over here at Tiny Oranges we are holding on to the reigns and galloping full speed ahead to implement new ideas to make Tiny Oranges even BETTER for you.
Why? Because the WHY behind why we work our buns off here at Tiny Oranges is because we want to INSPIRE MOMS like you with juicy ideas.
There are really fun things in store this year including a fresh update to our site design, a big giveaway, and so many things I want to do, BUT I need help in order to get to work on these ideas swimming around in my head!
Sibling Conflict Resolution Tip
The post today is about a sibling conflict tip my friend Laurie shared with me. A truly brilliant idea, which makes for immediate blog material.
Does this sound familiar?
You come up with a fun idea to go out to dinner with the family and start talking about where you will go. One child yells, “Ruby’s!!” Their sibling yells (louder), “Wahoo’s!!“
And then what was supposed to be a pleasant outing idea has turned into the battle of wills, which each child standing firm in their stance. UGH!!!
You Are Not Alone
My friend Pam, holding my newborn daughter, Morgan, July 2009
A couple years back, as a part of my mommy and me class I took with my youngest, we had regular breakout “coffee talks” with just the moms where we discussed various parenting topics.
One week the topic was about community, and how as moms we all need support. We were asked to go around the room and share a particular time when someone showed us support when we needed it.
As you can imagine, there were quite a few tears that day. It was a “pass the Kleenex” kind of talk. I felt bad for the lone substitute dad filling in for his wife. I think the topic from the week before was on how to make your own play doh. He picked the wrong week for sure.
The first thing that came to mind was a dark period in the weeks following my youngest daughter’s birth back in July 2009. I was in pain post c-section, had kidney stones, super sore nipples and a newborn with severe reflux and colic.
Minivans: Love or Hate?
Hi, my name is Jen, I am a mom, and I drive a minivan. The quintessential mom mobile. I know.
I love my Chrysler Town & Country minivan. See that sliding door? That is a beautiful thing when you have young kids.
It’s fabulous to cruise up to school pick up, push a button for the door to open, and watch the carpool kids easily climb in on their own. I pick up four girls in our carpool, and they can all find their way to a second or third row seat with ease. Once everyone is settled, the push button closes the door and we are on the way. It’s like magic.
I never have to worry about smacking an open door into another car in a parking lot while struggling with my child’s seatbelt. I can push a button on my keys and open the doors from afar to give the kids a head start getting in and into their seats. It’s nice to not have to worry about kids closing the door on themselves or their little fingers.
There are so many cup holders you can’t even use them all. Oh, and I really love the automatic key that allows me to open my car doors by sensor so I don’t have to dig in my purse to find my keys while my hands are full with kid crap.
So, I have to wonder, why would a car designed to make mom’s lives easier and more convenient arouse such hatred in people?
I have to say I honestly don’t get it. You know who I am talking about ~ the minivan haters.
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard