Tag Archives: parenting

04/08/2009 · 3:33 am

Rule #30

Rule #30: It is not okay to hug the neighbor in the white sweatshirt until after you’ve wiped the tomato sauce off your face.

Filed under SR

Tagged as dry cleaning bill, laundry, mean, meanest mommy, messy, mom, parenting, preschooler, rules, tomato sauce

04/07/2009 · 7:13 pm

Rule #29

Rule #29: Just because you don’t feel like taking a nap doesn’t mean that your little brother doesn’t need one. Quiet down, kid!

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Tagged as mean, meanest mommy, mom, nap, parenting, preschooler, quiet, rules, toddler

04/07/2009 · 5:43 pm

Rule #28

Rule #28: No, you may not put rocking chairs at the top of the stairs.

Thanks to Kelly S. for the first ever rhyming rule. 🙂

Filed under Guest rules

Tagged as mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, rocking chair, rules, stairs, unsafe

04/07/2009 · 12:42 pm

Rule #27

Rule #27: Running into the bathroom SCREAMING about the all-sugar/all-carb breakfast Daddy won’t give you while Mommy is in the shower is not a good plan.

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Tagged as 3rd grader, loud, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, poptarts, rules, screaming

04/06/2009 · 8:56 pm

Rule #26

Rule #26: When I said leave the placemats on the table, I did not mean GLUE the placemats to the table. The irreplaceable 1930’s vintage table.

Guest rule brought to you by Abby G. I’m finding this one particularly funny, but I’m guessing that’s because it happened somewhere other than my house.

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Tagged as antique, glue, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, placemats, rule

04/06/2009 · 12:18 pm

Rule #25

Rule #25: No chewed-up animal crackers in the Little People airplane.

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Tagged as animal crackers, Fisher Price, gross, Little People, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, rules, toddler

04/05/2009 · 8:42 pm

Rule #24

Rule #24: When you go potty in a public restroom, there is no need to give a play-by-play of exactly what you are doing.

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Tagged as bathroom, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, play-by-play, preschooler, rules, TMI

04/05/2009 · 12:14 pm

Rule #23

Rule #23: If you wake up before Mom and Dad you may NOT eat marshmallows and Girl Scout cookies for breakfast.

Guest rule brought to you by Jessica B. Can I come over for breakfast too? 😉

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Tagged as breakfast, Girl Scout Cookies, junk food, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, rules

04/04/2009 · 10:34 pm

Rule #22

Rule #22: No, I will not give you more bath water. You had plenty until you dumped half of it on the bathroom floor.

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Tagged as bath, flood, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, preschooler, rules, toddler

04/04/2009 · 11:26 am

Rule #21

Rule #21 (by Gretchen H.): Cats do not like to be dressed up in doll clothes.

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Tagged as cats, mean, meanest mommy, mom, parenting, pets, rules