Adventures In Motherhood

'Smile and Wave', my premise from a previous article ' I Mustache You To Spread Love ' backfired on me last month. I admit this less than stellar parenting moment with a carload of children was a lesson learned by all. This past fall, a white utility van following behind us scared the bejesus out of me by loudly honking as I made a right-hand turn. Of course I was safely carpooling children to a school event and dumbfounded by the reason for blowing his horn. All five children were surprised when the rude driver of the utility van encountered us at a four-way stop just a few blocks down the road. "He must know us" I laughed, proceeding to smile and wave at the driver and his passenger, proudly proving to the children that, rather than responding in kind to their middle finger wave, I would take the upper road! In hindsight, this was not the most mature shenanigan on my part, as an adult responsible for five children in my minivan. No sooner did I arrive at...

My seven-year-old son aptly coined the phrase 'jimba' around this time last year. A word so clever and frequently used in our household now, I am compelled to share, as I'm sure you will encounter a plethora of 'Jimbas' this holiday season! I nearly submitted the word to Urban Dictionary, if not for the fact that it already existed, much to my chagrin. Ironically, and to my son's satisfaction, the word jimba means a big green balloon with sexual organs. Of all the luck! You can imagine the hilarious laughter that erupted from my four children when they found the Urban Dictionary definition of jimba. I still ponder how a big green balloon can have sexual organs, for which I blame myself, having lost much of my own creativity in adulthood. I prefer my son's definition of jimba, which is simply 'a very stupid or idiotic person'. Thankfully, jimba has affectionately replaced 'numbnuts' and 'butthead' in our house in full disclosure. ...