Robin O'Bryant
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
I've said it a million times— "My kids are driving me crazy!" — and with good reason of course. Emma is 3 years old and is constantly into everything. In the last month alone she has broken a lens to a very expensive camera, bit a hole in my lap top ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tomorrow is our twelfth anniversary, my husband Zeb, said at the dinner table last night."What's an anniversary, our 5-year-old daughter asked."It means Mommy and Daddy got married 12 years ago tomorrow," he answered her."I want to go with you!" She ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I warned them.I told my children I wasn't going to put up with any splashing, screaming or fighting in the bathtub, and I meant it.'If I hear any screaming or water hitting the floor you will get out. I don't care if you're clean or not. You will get ...
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
It's that annoying time of year again. Time for New Year's resolutions, promises you make to yourself with zero intention of keeping. This year my aim isn't to impress others, to lose weight, or better myself. Nope. This year I'm being realistic.My N ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
I'm crying, again. I can't avoid it anymore, we are moving to Mississippi in just a few days and I am about to leave the best home I've ever known and people I dearly love. It's moving time again for my family and I am incredibly wistful.We've always ...
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
In the two years we have lived in Mount Pleasant, our next door neighbors have become our second family. The Whitmires have become Nana and Papa to my children. Their kids are my surrogate sisters and brothers, and their grandchildren are adopted nie ...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
A sick child can be hard to deal with. A houseful of sick kids is enough to make anyone crazy. A sick husband can stop the rotation of the planets. But a sick Mommy has to keep on going no matter what.During our last battle with a stomach bug from he ...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
It’s that time again. The most wonderful time of the year. No, I’m not talking about fall, the start of a new school year, Halloween, Thanksgiving or even Christmas. I’m talking about the absolute best time of year for any parent of small children. I ...
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
The most frequently asked question I’ve received since starting this column is, “How do you do it all? How do you buy groceries, cook, keep up your house, exercise, write a column, work on your book and balance all the demands of motherhood and work? ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Kindergarten is hard- harder than I remember it being, anyway. Aubrey, my 5-year-old, who continues to think she can do everything by herself, from brushing her teeth to crossing the street, turns as helpless as a newborn baby when it is time t ...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Being a flower girl is a rite of passage in every little girl’s life. This past weekend, all three of my daughters were asked to be flower girls in my younger brother’s wedding. They were over the moon with excitement.I, on the other hand, was a comp ...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
This past Saturday I spent $30 for the most uncomfortable pedicure of my life. My comfort level had nothing to do with the skill of the nail technician, the temperature of the water in the foot spa or a broken massage chair. No, my discomfort was cau ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
“I do it myself, Mommy!” Every parent of a toddler is familiar with this toddler mantra. It’s a sign that your baby is growing up, and often (but not always) a sign that they actually can do things by themselves. After two to three years of doi ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
I have a confession to make…I can get lost in my own backyard. I have absolutely zero sense of direction. It’s sad but very true. I call my husband about once a week to figure out how to get home from some miscellaneous destination. When we liv ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Technology is amazing. I have a video baby monitor in my house; I don't even have to get out of my bed to see if my baby is awake or asleep, with the press of one button I can look directly at her sweet little face. There is no creaking door or bumpi ...
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Why is it that no matter what I am eating my children must have a bite? I have spent the better part of many days trying to eat something, anything that my children wouldn’t want a bite of or want to steal from me.I find it hard to believe the pancak ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
There is a lot to be said for playing board games with your children. I purchased Candy Land as a way to help my toddlers learn their colors — but I got way more than my money’s worth. I’ve realized as we have sat together on many a rainy day to race ...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Most days I love being a stay-at-home mother to my three daughters. Most days.But not all the time. Most days I look at my children with wonder in my eyes and love spilling out of my heart at the cute and precious things they say and do — most days. ...
Monday, July 06, 2009
What is it exactly that compels children to want exactly what their siblings have? Whether it may be the newest addition to the toy box or a stomach virus- if one of my kids has it, the other one wants it.I left my children at home with my husband la ...
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Spring has finally and definitively hit the Low Country with a bang and a cloud of yellow smoke. The sand gnats are back with a vengeance to feast on pasty arms and legs, slipped into shirts and t-shirts for the first time of the season. Summer isn’t ...
Saturday, July 04, 2009
I always thought I would be a “Boy Momma,” I had visions of myself carting 3 or 4 little boys around to soccer, football and karate practice. Boys seemed so much easier to me as a young babysitter, working for gas money. Boys would play outside with ...
Friday, July 03, 2009
If sleep deprivation is a form of torture, the CIA needs to unleash my kids on all Al Qaeda suspects in captivity. They are pros. I'm pretty sure that they have a team meeting every morning while I'm sleeping for the 30 minutes they allot for me.In m ...
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Many evenings when my husband comes home from work, I try to go for a quick walk around our neighborhood without my children to get some exercise. It feels good to stretch my legs at the end of the day and clear my head as the girls wrestle aro ...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
I bought my four month old, Sadie, a Bumbo Seat for Easter. They are great little chairs that help babies to sit up and strengthen the muscles they need to learn to crawl. A chocolate bunny wasn't going to do her a lot of good, unless I eat it! And b ...
Friday, May 15, 2009
I have a fascination and fixation with boobs, not just my own, I am enthralled by your boobs just as much as I am my very own. I wasn’t aware of my obsession until a recent trip to Disney World. I found myself recognizing the people I passed in lines ...
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