this was one of the first things i ever heard by Jessie J and, man, that gal's got a set of pipes!

my 8 and 10 year olds both have hair past their shoulders. one a straight strawberry blond, the other a curly dark blond. they have both been addressed as girls so many times that they just sigh and say, "my name is (book-standard boy's name here)." most people look a little embarrassed and apologize, and both kids…

"aw, what a precious/adorable/tiny/chubby baby! don't you just love how their hands are so small and pudgy/hair is so soft/how they scrunch up their legs while sleeping? what a lovely child!"

i scrolled down and literally jumped back a little.

i hear ya. i just got back from vacation with my 4 kids. we stayed at my friend's house with her and her 2 kids. so 8-10 people in a 3 bedroom house for 3 weeks. i love my friend and we all had a great time, but there was cooking and cleaning and laundry and 1 shower for everyone... i need a vacation from my vacation!

ha! my boyfriend says that and i've never heard anyone else say it! now i know it's not just him!

i love RiffTrax. anything that can make High School Musical tolerable gets my vote! some of them are eh, but some are ragingly funny.

are you a RiffTrax or Cinematic Titanic fan as well?

do you watch RiffTrax, or are you a straight up MST3K fan?

i've smoked too much and gotten a little nauseous and dizzy, and everything was overstimulation, so i went and lay down and slept for a few hours. i was fine when i woke up.

deep breath, mama. all 4 of my kids slept on their bellies or in bed with me. none of them would sleep on their backs past about the first month. as long as he doesn't have anything to bury his face in (blankets, pillows, toys, etc), if it's just him and a firm, flat mattress, he should be just fine.

we made a ham in the crockpot and tossed in a half dozen fresh apricots to sweeten it up. also made mashed potatoes from scratch using garlic, olive oil and chicken broth, dressed up with a few spoonfuls of Tofutti sour cream and sheep's milk peccorino romano cheese.

i don't have any solutions for you (looks like there are lots of good ideas in this thread, though!), but my boyfriend has an aggressive, bite-y cat, too. Sam is a cat who insists on walking right between your feet as you walk, even down the stairs, and if you step on her or kick her (hard not to when she is literally…

the last 5 books i read this week were:

ok, i don't usually tear up for weddings, but that... that was awesome, you guys.

honestly, this sounds like my younger sister. she's 10 years younger than me, and i essentially raised her from 2 through about 7 (my parents were too busy hating each other to bother with their kids *sigh*) when she was about 19, she finally turned into a human being, one that i actually enjoy talking to and spending…

been there, dealt with that. i hope you handed her a towel and some floor cleaner.

i do that with my oldest! i'll tell him, "hey, i think you're being a jerk to your brothers. why don't you go run off some of that energy and nastiness and see how many laps you can do around the complex?" i know that 5 laps around our building is a mile, and usually that's enough to chill him out. i think his max is…

this is largely true, but there are a few kids that will literally starve themselves into illness if they don't like what's on offer. often, these are kids with serious sensory issues or autism spectrum disorders, but sometimes they're just supremely stubborn kids.

everything you said reminds me of my boyfriend's younger brother. there are about a dozen foods he will eat and that. is. it. i sometimes wonder how he doesn't have scurvy since he exists almost entirely on chicken nuggets and Coke from McDonalds and microwave popcorn. but he says that he can't tolerate the taste or…