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Sally G. Alexander: December 2013
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Sally G. Alexander. Wife Mom. Blogger. Chocolate addict. What I Know About Potty Training. Sunday, December 22, 2013. Best Mom Tip #186: Beeeeeee.Patient. Be patient. NOW! Hee hee. Just kidding. Punishment and not for. Punishment is more challenging than I would have thought. Most of us don't want to squish our kids' inquisitive minds or stomp on their independence when they learn new tasks. And the doctor's office isn't trying to make my life difficult by actually determining what diseases my kids h...
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Sally G. Alexander: February 2013
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Sally G. Alexander. Wife Mom. Blogger. Chocolate addict. What I Know About Potty Training. Thursday, February 14, 2013. Best Mom Tip #178: Choose your soundtrack. During my boot camp class this morning there were a LOT of stair repeats and we tried hum-singing the "getting stronger" song from Rocky. 1 Jesus Loves Me. I know it's simplistic. I know large sections of the world don't believe in my faith. But it reminds me of my childhood and kind little old ladies at church and when all songs in my ...The l...
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Sally G. Alexander: August 2014
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Sally G. Alexander. Wife Mom. Blogger. Chocolate addict. What I Know About Potty Training. Sunday, August 24, 2014. Best Mom Tip #194: Invest in someone younger. Clearly, if you're reading this, there's a decent chance you're a parent and therefore investing in someone younger than you all the freakin'. Time Keep doing that. Friend in the whole world". Courtney and me totally acting like adults. What it really came down to, every single time, was just listening. Responding to texts late at night....This ...
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Sally G. Alexander: May 2015
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Sally G. Alexander. Wife Mom. Blogger. Chocolate addict. What I Know About Potty Training. Tuesday, May 12, 2015. 10 Ways to Waste Less Time on a Guy You'll Never Marry (advice for my single friends). Jay and me taking our own Easter pic because kids suck. Summer is approaching and that means it’s time for my anniversary, which obviously makes me grateful for making a really good choice 17 years ago. 1 Be a really good friend. Do you know what happens when you’re a good friend? You become a better person...
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Sally G. Alexander: July 2014
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Sally G. Alexander. Wife Mom. Blogger. Chocolate addict. What I Know About Potty Training. Monday, July 28, 2014. Best Mom Tip #191: Don't buy groceries? My beautiful friend Clare and her family of 5 have committed to living for a year without purchasing groceries. Yes, you read that right- and if you want to see what she has to say about the experience you can read her own lovely words about what they're learning here. I mean, I guess it's a possibility, but it seems so hard. How would I get pasta?
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Sally G. Alexander: June 2013
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Sally G. Alexander. Wife Mom. Blogger. Chocolate addict. What I Know About Potty Training. Monday, June 17, 2013. Best Mom Tip #182: Lavish them with love. What kid couldn't use more of that? Thursday, June 13, 2013. Best Mom Tip #181: Reminisce for a while. Fifteen years ago today I had my hair and makeup done by two different people who were not me. I carefully took a nap while wearing a veil that I draped over the back of a chair and no one interrupted my sleep. I wore the most expensive outfi...We re...
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Sally G. Alexander: Why do All Those Kids Have Brown Skin?: Hard Questions from My Kids
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Sally G. Alexander. Wife Mom. Blogger. Chocolate addict. What I Know About Potty Training. Monday, June 22, 2015. Why do All Those Kids Have Brown Skin? Hard Questions from My Kids. 8220;Mommy, why do all those kids have brown skin? I got this question from my 10-year-old when we were pulling up to a field trip at the Georgia Aquarium recently and my first reaction was just confusion. What in the world was she talking about? And then my mind finally rested on the most likely meaning of her question:.
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Sally G. Alexander: June 2015
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Sally G. Alexander. Wife Mom. Blogger. Chocolate addict. What I Know About Potty Training. Monday, June 22, 2015. Why do All Those Kids Have Brown Skin? Hard Questions from My Kids. 8220;Mommy, why do all those kids have brown skin? I got this question from my 10-year-old when we were pulling up to a field trip at the Georgia Aquarium recently and my first reaction was just confusion. What in the world was she talking about? And then my mind finally rested on the most likely meaning of her question:.
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Sally G. Alexander: October 2014
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Sally G. Alexander. Wife Mom. Blogger. Chocolate addict. What I Know About Potty Training. Wednesday, October 8, 2014. Happy Kids are Not My Goal. When parents get together and the conversation turns to the choices we're all making with our kids and how we might react to certain fears or frustrations, someone will usually say "I just want them to be happy.". I've even said it myself. Many years ago I was a cross country coach at the high school at which I taught history. At practice one night, a few ...
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Sally G. Alexander: March 2013
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Sally G. Alexander. Wife Mom. Blogger. Chocolate addict. What I Know About Potty Training. Monday, March 18, 2013. Best Mom Tip #180: Run with them. Yesterday I got to realize a parenting daydream 9 years in the making. In January of 2004 I had just finished coaching a high school cross country team, completed my one and only marathon to date, and began the serious "are we having kids now" discussion with my husband. By April I knew I was pregnant with my first beautiful baby. Saturday, March 16, 2013.