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Five Motherhood Myths Debunked

In Motherhood, Parenting by Jen

I have been a mother for almost 15 years now. I currently have a preschooler, a pre-tween, a pre-teen and a full on teen at home. So although I don’t really fall into the certified parenting “professional” slot, I  feel mostly like my rookie parenting card has been punched enough times to have moved on to moderately experienced parenting. Meaning …

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Mommy Reality: The Good, The Bad and The Broken

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In case you missed it, the theme for our newest Mommy Reality challenge is Broken. My husband Jen’s Guy has a theory, if it can be broken, it will more than likely be broken by me. I am like the Godzilla to his repair world. Take for example, the unfortunate incident that happened yesterday in the bathroom. I was simply …

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Mommy Reality #22: What’s For Breakfast Mom?

In Mommy Reality by Jen

Hopefully you didn’t miss out on all of the fun of our very spooky Mommy Reality challenge post this last Friday wherein Celeste has challenged us Moms to share what we really eat for breakfast. Celeste shared she eats noodles for breakfast. I think it probably looks more like this, doesn’t it Celeste? Anyway, let me show you what breakfast …

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Mommy Reality #22: What Mom Eats For Breakfast

In Mommy Reality by Jen

Waa-ha-ha-haa! Welllcome, our pet, to a very SPOOK–TACULAR edition of the Mummy Reeality Challenge! If this is your first time hearing about the Mommy Reality Challenge we are so glad you are joining this great community of moms who participate in our weekly challenges that showcase all the fun, crazy, and sometimes overwhelming moments that are in every mom’s life! …

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Mommy Reality #21: Scare Us

In Mommy Reality by Jen

Welcome to week 21 of the Mommy Reality Challenge! Last week was EPIC! We had a Mommy Reality giveaway and a flat out plethora of entries for the “Something I Can’t Get Rid of Challenge”! Speech Time! Thanks to all of you rockin’ Moms for making these challenges fun and successful and thank you even more for all of your …

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Mommy Reality #20: Something I Can’t Get Rid Of

In Mommy Reality by Jen

Hey! Quit staring at the loot and focus! We mean… welcome! Hi everybody! We are excited to announce that it’s our 20th week hosting the Mommy Reality Challenge! We are SO celebrating the occasion by throwing an epic giveaway for our Mommy friends! But before we do, keep reading because we have some stuff we need to talk at you …

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Mommy Reality #18: Treat Yourself

In Mommy Reality by Jen

Welcome to the 18th edition of the Mommy Reality Challenge! If you’ve been with us for a while, it’s good to see you again. If you’re new, it’s nice to meet you! Please join right in like you own the place and stuff! (Don’t be like this uncool lady who would rather just observe our uber-coolness). The Mommy Reality Challenge …

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Mommy Reality #17: Pillow Power

In Mommy Reality by Jen

Welcome to a new edition of Mommy Reality! If you are new to the Mommy Reality Challenge we are so glad to have you joining us! The Mommy Reality Challenge is a way for us Moms to share the real in our lives and be proud about it. This week Celeste asked us to share the last thing we spent …

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Mommy Reality: The Last Thing I Bought

In Mommy Reality by Jen

If you are new to the Mommy Reality Challenges, welcome! We are so glad you have joined us! The Mommy Reality Challenge is a way for us Moms to share the real in our lives and be proud about it. This week my Mommy Reality partner in crime Celeste has asked us to share the last thing we spent money …

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Mommy Reality #15: What Lies Beneath

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  I am sure that Celeste is THRILLED we had so many participants in this week’s Mommy Reality challenge in order to avoid any further photos from Jen such as this little beauty… Moving on, again….. Thank you to all who participated in this week’s challenge. The concept behind the Mommy Reality challenges was to provide a way for all …

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My Mommy Reality Includes Junk

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Last week Celeste and I had so much fun by ourselves with the Mommy Reality challenge I thought we deserved our own special meme! Thanks Leilani of Just a Touch of Crazy for your great tutorial on how to do this! Love you Celeste. Moving on………… This week’s Mommy Reality challenge is all about showing the junk that we as …

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Mommy Reality #14: The Junk Drawer

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Well… it’s okay that nobody wanted to play with us last week! *sniff* *sniff*. The theme was “Grocery Store Treasures” and the Mommy Reality Team searched faithfully to bring you such treasures as this: And this: But we understand being busy moms (especially during back-to-school week) and, no worries, we are good sports (and we’ll take our play-things and not …

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When Photos Fail: My Mommy Reality

In Mommy Reality by Jen

This week Celeste my Mommy Reality partner in crime has challenged us to share our photo fails. If you missed it, here is the challenge and her own photo fail: Now, to share my photo fails. First off, we have my Samantha having a less than stellar photo experience with Santa. She is actually trying to get away from him …

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Mommy Reality Challenge #12: When Photos Fail

In Mommy Reality by Jen

Boom. Here we go again! In last week’s Mommy Reality Challenge, Jen commanded that we expose the contents of our purses to the world! We had many participants! Some of you posted your purse pics in a blog post which you linked to the “Mommy Reality” post, and some of you posted pics with the #mommyreality hashtag on Twitter, Google+, …