Mommies Magazine

Why Moms have Mixed Feelings about Labor Day

Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by cherylmoeller.

1. Their husband was still snoring when the contractions were less than a minute apart.
2. The childbirth coach promised the contractions wouldn’t hurt any more than holding an ice cube in her hand. She’s never been able to take ice in her tea, since then.
3. Rather than playing soothing music in the birthing room, her [...]

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How to Know Mom is Ready for September

Posted on 22. Aug, 2009 by cherylmoeller.

1. You let the kids play with the water hose — in the living room.
2. Mom and dad are doing full-out cannon ball dives into the community swimming pool — that is, until they ask you to leave.
3. Bedtime is now 7:30 sharp — in the morning.
4. You roasted s’mores with the kids over an [...]

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A test to see if you are a Supermom

Posted on 07. Aug, 2009 by cherylmoeller.

You are a supermom if…
…if you peel your kids’ grapes.
…if you do your kids’ laundry, even before they wear their clean clothes.
…if you are way more interested in planning your eight-year-old’s birthday party, than your eight-year-old is.
…if you have to limit yourself to only vacuuming 30x a day.
…if you dilute your [...]

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You Know Gardening is NOT your gift, when…

Posted on 18. Apr, 2009 by cherylmoeller.

Your roadside stand customers offer to pay you, if you’ll keep your vegetables.
Your pesticide company sprays you instead.
You hire a lawyer, to defend yourself, from the class-action lawsuit the locust file against you.
You’re able to grow more mold in the desert, than veggies in your garden.
You hire the United States Secretary of Agriculture, as a [...]

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Is Your Mom Swedish?

Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by cherylmoeller.

She publishes a Swedish cookbook that begins with, “Add two pounds of butter, two gallons of cream and a quart of sugar…”
She had the bridesmaids’ wear dresses with wide blue and yellow stripes at her wedding.
She tries to administer coffee and pastry to a man choking in a restaurant.
She asks the grocery store manager where [...]

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Super Bowl Mom: Why the NFL needs the MFL (Mom For Laughs)

Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by cherylmoeller.

The MFL needs to tell the NFL…

to talk out their issues and problems, instead of shoving, pushing, and tackling out there on the field.
to stop whispering out there in huddles, it makes the other team feel bad to be talking about them.
that the real Super Bowl is the white big bowl in the bathroom.
that the [...]

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Ten Reasons a Mom Knows it’s Going to be a Long Labor and Delivery….

Posted on 08. Nov, 2008 by cherylmoeller.

10. Housekeeping brings in a Chia Pet and asks if you’ll water it daily.
9. The Midwife takes off her watch and instead hangs up a lunar calendar.
8. The RN sits down and begins reading her hard bound copy of War and Peace.

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