Mom and Dad Cuss (a Little): May 2016

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

It's vacation time! Time for us to pack our bags and drive back to Texas. This week we talk about how we plan out our vacation. From ReAnna's obsession with lists to the general problem with driving 18 hours with 4 small boys, vacations are always a case of hoping the fun outweighs the stress.

MDC 8: It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village

You know the old saying, "it takes a village to raise a child?" We would like to formally call shenanigans on that proverb. More importantly anybody who makes it a point to push that agenda on other moms needs to be smacked upside the head with a diaper bag.
We have 4 boys, and although there are times that we may have needed help with things, we have always managed to do it on our own. We are not especially social people and do not have a big group of friends that can help us out on the parenting front. Besides that, we don't want to push off the responsibility of raising our kids on other people.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

MDC 7: Made From Scratch

Made From Scratch

This week we started thinking about our new house, and why it is we moved in the first place. Long story short, it was a good financial decision.
This week we talk about our financial journey, from flipping a single guy lifestyle into married with 4 children. Then talk about building a maintaining a household budget for a family of 6. We even share our secrets for keeping our food budget tight.

MDC 6: Teaching Tolerance

Teaching Tolerance

We are back from our "moving hiatus" and this week we jump back in with an incident that occurred while we got settled into our new home. Long story short, our oldest son called ReAnna "fat." This lead to the idea of how to teach tolerance to our boys. We go from the initial issue of fat shaming and teaching respect to generally being accepting of others.
We come from very different backgrounds but both have grown to be very inclusive in our friendships. We also have quite a varied family makeup including people of all sizes, races, sexualities, religions, and political views. All this considered, it is somewhat surprising to find that any of our boys would show that sort of behavior, especially towards their mother. We aren't 100% on how to approach this all yet, but it is definitely a lesson that needs to be handled appropriately.