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We did not change our plans for lunch just because L didn’t want to go home and wanted to eat at a restaurant after going to the playground. We wouldn’t let a 3-year-old dictate where we are going to eat, not us. (Well, we don’t need much nudging, we love to eat out, but we should do it less to conserve precious moola!)
I did not take off Landon’s shoes and socks at the restaurant after discovering that his feet had gotten totally soaked on the playground and now they were ice-cold and pruny. No, I would never let my little son sit on his naked feet to eat Chinese food in a nice restaurant. Good thing he didn’t demand to run around this time and that we were the only guest besides one other party because it was 4 in the afternoon.
I would never let L have chocolate ice cream after he only had a few bites of the Chinese food to buy time just so Don and I could finish our food in peace. What kind of a mother does that? Not me! I also did not let him eat his partially hydrogenated-laden fortune cookie. And I would certainly not give him another one upon request.
And it needs to be pointed out that he did not get all of those treats after going to a birthday party in the morning where he ate pizza and cake basically for breakfast. I know, it was one of my more prouder days as a mother :) (Happy Birthday, Abby! I really hope you guys will get married in 25 years!)
Not Me! Monday is a blog carnival created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. Right now, pregnant with her fifth child, she is in Kenya with her husband on a short mission trip, helping out children in need.
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Yes, it can. Folding laundry makes me happy, even though I don’t like doing it. Want to know why? Then read my new article I wrote for NYC Moms Blog, Caution: Folding Laundry May Lead to Happiness.
Sometimes it’s the little things that make you appreciate what you have in life . . .
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I have come across some really cool, free offers lately that I wanted to round up in one post. All of these things are free, and my frugal heart leaps when I see great offers for free :)
I post a lot of these offers on my Dagmar Bleasdale Facebook fan page. Become a fan today and you will always be the first to know about future free offers and deals I find and want to pass on to Dagmar’s momsense readers!
Are you unemployed or know someone who is? Send them this link to register to receive a card entitling them to 20 percent off at Kmart for six months (only good on regular-priced Kmart-branded grocery and drug/health items).
Want a free Kindle for your BlackBerry? Well, here you go! And here are free Kindle books you can download as well.
Do you text while you are driving? Then you need this! In the new Parent magazine I noticed a mention of DriveSave.ly, a free application for Blackberries that reads out loud your SMS messages and e-mails to avoid potential car accidents. Download it for free — it could save lives! (On a personal note: although this sounds like a cool innovation, the safest thing to do is just to concentrate on driving, and I urge you to pull over if you need to read, text, or talk on the phone while driving, especially if you have children in the car. I mentioned this and other child-safety measures before.)
Do you like to color with your children? Well, if you have ever wanted some more adult coloring pages, you can download many at Coloring Pages for Mom. And here is a free 26 page coloring book for kids featuring Elliott, Lucy, their super-cute pooch Lola and their friends!
Interested in breastfeeding? Then you might like this #BFChat about breastfeeding on Twitter on March 24. I’ll try to be there!
I don’t know how long these free offers will be available, sorry if you read this post in the future and some of the offers are not available any longer. Check out my Facebook fan page for current free offers and cool coupons and deals!
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