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Feb 8, 20243 min read
Snow Way!
I remember being a kid and waking up early to listen to the radio to hear if my school was on the list of delayed starts or closures, and...
Jan 23, 20244 min read
Worry Wart
If anyone had told me before I had a child that becoming a parent would turn me into a stark raving mad lunatic, I would have never...
Jan 8, 20243 min read
A Day in the Life
This week I’ve decided to provide readers with a few snippets that could happen at any time during a day in the life with my 5-year-old...
Dec 26, 20233 min read
Santa’s Watching
As I write this column I have less than two weeks left of what I like to call “free parenting assistance” and sometimes even “free...
Dec 4, 20233 min read
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Nothing tests the family dynamic quite like preparing for the holidays. It started the weekend before Thanksgiving when we took advantage...
Nov 28, 20233 min read
The Beat Goes On
I’ve always been a lover of music and the concept that music is timeless. For example, the Red Hot Chili Peppers released their debut...
Oct 31, 20233 min read
Not-So-Teachable Moments
Some of you readers may recall that about two months ago we welcomed a new member to the Crocco family, when our 5-year-old won a fish at...
Oct 17, 20233 min read
Jitter Bug
I’ve decided to use this column to solicit help. Consider this an S.O.S. My child has ants in his pants. Mike and I have known this...
Oct 4, 20233 min read
He’s Trying to Kill Me
Welp, Mikey made it about two and a half weeks in kindergarten before being sent to the principal’s office. For the record, I don’t think...
Sep 20, 20233 min read
Kindergarten, Here We Come!
It was a big day in the Crocco household… Kindergarten! Yes, we recently sent our little 5-year-old man out into the world with our...
Sep 5, 20233 min read
Bubble Guppies
We went to Family Day at the Patterson Fire Department, where Mikey enjoyed all the offerings – bounce houses, parade, face painting,...
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Parenting is a Full-Contact Sport
Kids, man… They don’t hold back; they don’t bite their tongue. Unless you have thick skin, you may never make it out of parenting alive....
Aug 8, 20233 min read
What He Doesn’t Know Will Definitely Kill Him
So, the 5-year-old is hip to the fact that we do not, in fact, go to bed right after he does, and to say it is not well-received...
Jul 27, 20234 min read
The Great Doughnut Debate
I’ve determined that kids don’t become spoiled by receiving big gifts like a pony or a trip to Disney. No, they get spoiled through all...
Jul 13, 20233 min read
Sorry, Kid, You’re Stuck With Us
I would love to be one of those go-with-the-flow moms who can let routine and schedules and bedtime go out the widow on a whim just to...
Jun 27, 20232 min read
You’re Never Too Young to Earn Your Keep
I recently had to bring Mikey with me to run some errands for work. He’s 5, so I figured it’s time he learned to pull his weight, anyway....
Jun 15, 20234 min read
Just Another Day in Paradise
I was having one of those days where I couldn’t stand my own kid. Now, I know there is a whole group of readers who are going to gasp at...
May 30, 20234 min read
Big Guy in the Big Apple
We recently took Mikey on his first trip to New York City! His friends must have been talking about NYC, or maybe they even talked about...
May 25, 20234 min read
Girls Rule, Boys Drool
When Mikey was younger, say, maybe 3-ish, he and his classmates seemed to have no concept of boy versus girl. They all played together...
May 25, 20233 min read
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
“Momma, can we bake something.” “Mmm, let me just wake up a little first, bud. Then we can bake something.” It’s 6:13 a.m. Saturday and...
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