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		<title>Mother’s Day: The Everyday Moments Are the Greatest Gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 19:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mother’s Day—underneath it all, it’s just an ordinary day. This one, though, is wrapped up with a pretty bow. Get up, ooh and ahh over the effort of pancakes for breakfast that I know husband really put forth; ten minutes &#8230; <a href="http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/05/11/mothers-day-the-everyday-moments-are-the-greatest-gift/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mominthemuddle.com&#038;blog=23323868&#038;post=2196&#038;subd=muddledmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Practice: The I Don’t Like It, Aha Moments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 15:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>muddledmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As much as I hate the consequences of what I’m about to say, I nod my head, commiserate for a moment with my defeated child, and take a deep breath. “You just have to keep practicing. It’s the only way &#8230; <a href="http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/05/02/practice-the-i-dont-like-it-aha-moments/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mominthemuddle.com&#038;blog=23323868&#038;post=2193&#038;subd=muddledmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I Know About Nos</title>
		<link>http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/04/18/what-i-know-about-nos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I tell myself that it’s parenting but sometimes it feels more like I’m getting away with the thing I’m telling my kid not to do. “You’re not good at taking no for an answer,” I huff. “I don’t care!” “Well &#8230; <a href="http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/04/18/what-i-know-about-nos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mominthemuddle.com&#038;blog=23323868&#038;post=2188&#038;subd=muddledmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Playground the Way It Was Meant to Be</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three days earlier, sleet and giant snowflakes fell, disrupting our way to warm weather. Now that it had arrived, the kids begged to spend the afternoon at their favorite playground. My husband and I plopped onto a metal bench, absorbing &#8230; <a href="http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/04/16/the-playground-the-way-it-was-meant-to-be/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mominthemuddle.com&#038;blog=23323868&#038;post=2129&#038;subd=muddledmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Never Said I Was Good at Math</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the hurdles I thought I’d have to face as a parent, I never thought homework would be the one to trip me up the most, causing so many tears and leaving some of us flat-faced on the floor. &#8230; <a href="http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/04/12/i-never-said-i-was-good-at-math/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mominthemuddle.com&#038;blog=23323868&#038;post=2127&#038;subd=muddledmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Kids Caught Me Blogging</title>
		<link>http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/04/10/my-kids-caught-me-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“What in the world? Mom!” Uh-oh. I knew what she was talking about. “Who left all of this stuff in my room?” I constantly hound my kids to clean up after themselves and I forget to cover my tracks when &#8230; <a href="http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/04/10/my-kids-caught-me-blogging/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mominthemuddle.com&#038;blog=23323868&#038;post=2122&#038;subd=muddledmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in the Parking Lot, Parenting Realization Sinks In</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we walked away from the sea of cars and into an even bigger sea of people, I realized I hadn’t taken note of where we parked. Hmm. “We crossed over one grassy median and then up onto the sidewalk &#8230; <a href="http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/04/03/lost-in-the-parking-lot-parenting-realization-sinks-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mominthemuddle.com&#038;blog=23323868&#038;post=1973&#038;subd=muddledmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Life Resembles a Movie…Groundhog Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I don’t hear any brushing!” I yell as I come up the stairs. Every morning while the kids yammer on about who won the game last night or whether they have art today, we rush them along through breakfast, then &#8230; <a href="http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/03/26/my-life-resembles-a-moviegroundhog-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mominthemuddle.com&#038;blog=23323868&#038;post=1913&#038;subd=muddledmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Bedtime Story for the Ill-Behaved: Mad Toys</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you liked the story ideas I had in Bedtime Books I Wish I Could Read to My Kids. Here, I took my favorite idea and fleshed it out. Hope you enjoy. (Just know I’m not responsible for what &#8230; <a href="http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/03/21/a-bedtime-story-for-the-ill-behaved-mad-toys/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mominthemuddle.com&#038;blog=23323868&#038;post=1908&#038;subd=muddledmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apparently, Growing Up Is Normal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn’t going to write another post like this because too many are like this. But some days I look at my kids and I’m overcome. They’re taller. At 10 my son no longer looks like a little boy. He’s &#8230; <a href="http://mominthemuddle.com/2013/03/08/apparently-growing-up-is-normal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mominthemuddle.com&#038;blog=23323868&#038;post=1868&#038;subd=muddledmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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