Super Parents Talk

©Lisa Barker
I’m waiting for one of the kids to ask me what reptile dysfunction is.  There’s no escaping the ads on television.  I imagine how the talk will go so that I’m prepared:
“What er-reptile dysfunction, Momma?”
Jelly Mom Lisa Barker parenting humor parenting column

©Lisa Barker
My youngest has been playing school with his older siblings and now he feels ready to start kindergarten.
“Whoa!  You need to be five first.”
“But I’m ten.”
“Not quite.”
He recites his ABCs and counts to 100.  He spells his first name and sometimes his last name.  He likes rhyming and opposites.  When I cook dinner and [...]

The Great And Naked Houdini & His Assistant
© Lisa Barker
I followed the trail of clothing down the hall. Somehow, my one-year old son had freed himself from these repressive articles.
There were the pink jammy bottoms (hey, he’s MY son and he’s secure in his masculinity so he can endure this hand-me-down), then the t-shirt…and the [...]

Not The Birds And Bees!
©Lisa Barker
My son was fidgeting and pulling at the fly of his pants.  He’s four-years old and, although he’s potty trained, I don’t want to take any chances.
“Do you have to go to the bathroom?”
“No, I’m just playing with my pieces.”
“That’s not your ‘pieces’ that’s your (insert proper name of body [...]

Jelly Mom™:The Bad Hair Day
©Lisa Barker
I haven’t had a bad hair day in a long time, but one hit me this week five minutes before I was to walk out the door for Mass.
My husband poked his head in our room.  “Aren’t you going to church?”
“No!  I feel like a HORSE!”  Fwing!  There went another [...]