I walked into the kitchen where the was 14yo doing dishes unprompted...
#BestKidsEver #MotherOfTeens
"Please don't get arrested for arson while your mother is gone..."
Hubby is very excited about single parenting this next week. I can tell.
#MotherOfTeens 🐦🔥
Before the hoard of teens descends on the house (I'm going with hoard because I am the #MotherOfTeens and they are part of my collection now) I'm printing a list of family rules so we all know where we stand and no shenanigans ensue. We have a few weird family rules. Do you?
I need to get breakfast, write, finish prepping the house for this afternoon, and then brace for impact because Youngest has friends coming over this afternoon so I will have a whole hoard (horde? could go either way, really) of teens.
#MotherOfTeens #LetTheGamesBegin
This thread brought to you by a #MotherOfTeens who is super annoyed by all the negging I see.
Stop trash talking your teens and you'll find life with them is so much easier!
… “Tomorrow,” said Toad from under the covers…
… & almost every other teen in lands all across the globe! 🥴🤦🏼♀️🤪
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I love* phone calls from my kids living abroad that start with, "So, mom, I'm not really hurt but I'm at the hospital..."
*at least they are able to call, right?
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"Mom! I joined a gang!"
- my 13yo walking in and giving me a thumbs up while grinning widely
(this is apparently an inside joke between 13 and friends)
#Parenting #MotherOfTeens
Is parenting teens hard?
I don't know. But then again, I have kids who casually use words like OBLIGATORY and OVERMORROW in casual conversation.
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My 16yo informs me that their room is cleaned up and, "... there's a lot more room for books now, so you can get me more books if you want."
#SubtleHintsRUs #MotherOfTeens #Books 📚
I love being the #MotherOfTeens.
Kiddo is having a couple of waffles with everything for breakfast, plus a side of guacamole (and extra garlic) with chips.
"I just got lost trying to find something on campus, but I'm okay!"
#ThingsMyChildrenTextMe
#MomLife
#MotherOfTeens
#bestselling #paperback #books yesterday
#Italiancooking #Tuscantraditions #Tuscanfood #immigrantbiography #memoir #Lucca #angermanagement #12steps #addiction #angerawareness #corporatehumor #businesshumor #middleage #careerchange #motherofteens #ADHD #parentingspecialneeds #parentingADHD
I love that my kids can have a food fight at dinner, flicking carrots from their salad at each other, and then cheerfully clean up after, laughing and chatting, then go fold laundry without complaint. I have the world's best kids.
#MomLife #MotherOfTeens
Me: How was your field trip?
Teen: Great! I got four slices of pizza!
Dear Reader, nothing about the trip was supposed to involve pizza.
#MotherOfTeens #Parenthood #MomLife
I was feeling down and you know what cheered me up? Making smoothies with the fam. They're in there throwing whatever they want in a cup and using the immersion blender on it #motherofteens
There is a four year gap between Kid 2 and Kid 3, so hubby and I tend to refer to them as "The Big Two" and "The Little Two"
Except Youngest is now 13 and of the "Little Two" one is much taller than me and one is on track to be taller than me by the time she's 14.
#Parenting #MotherOfTeens
Hubby: Who has homework this weekend?
Youngest: Not me!
Hubs: That's weird. You haven't had homework all week.
Youngest: Yeah... that is weird. Especially since I'm not even lying this time.
#Parenting #MotherOfTeens
My dyslexic 11yo added a How To Draw Furries book to her wish list because she didn't bother reading the title and just saw cute animal people. Considering the warning is For Adults I'm just going to go ahead and delete that from the wish list before anyone sends it to her.
#MomLife #MotherOfTeens
Half the edits are done. I'm stopping for lunch and then I need to go take Bunny out to get the rest of her costume for her play on Thursday and Friday (if you're local and want to go, we have free tickets).
#LianaEdits #AuthorLife #MotherOfTeens #MomLife
My kids are behaving because I told them I will do their chores for them, if they do my writing and edits for me.
When faced with the prospect of writing 20,000 words in the next 20 days their 700 word essay due next week doesn't look so bad.
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