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In Ardent Observation of Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Etiquette for Mobile Phones You didn’t think I was going to let Cell Phone Courtesy Month 2019 slip away without bestowing upon the digital webs my cell phone/mobile phone courtesy rant pleas rules, did you? Be Smarter Than the Smartphone, People Do not...![Keep it Moving: An Open Letter to my Kids about Summer](https://captainmom.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/boys-1080x675.jpg)
Keep it Moving: An Open Letter to my Kids about Summer
Dear Boys, Happy (almost) summer 2019 to you! You boys are already talking about summer. I gotta say, I am always ready for the next season. I wish for us lots of fun and a (somewhat) schedule-free few months. I’m looking forward to our vacations and trips and...![I Am The Mom](https://captainmom.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Chocolate-mint-imperfect-sheetcake.jpg)
I Am The Mom
{photo credit: me | cake credit: me | inspiration for cake: a fab, fab recipe with a cake that was altogether more put together than the one above. I think this woman knows how to make cakes.} This is the Mom I Am I am not the mom who has shown up to eat lunches with...![This Has Been Brought to You by a Free-Range Mom Moment](https://captainmom.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Boys-ready-for-cold-weather-Captain-Mom.jpg)
This Has Been Brought to You by a Free-Range Mom Moment
What are your Free-Range/Helicopter Parent moments? You first, I hear you say. Who, me? I can helicopter parent with the best of them. I am vigilant (some might say ridiculously so) when it comes to video games (we don’t own any) and computer game sites (just so...![Fresh Eggs for Breakfast (Prepped the Night Before)](https://captainmom.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Prepping-eggs-for-breakfast.jpg)
Fresh Eggs for Breakfast (Prepped the Night Before)
Once we started doing eggs this way, we’ve not looked back. Now, on the mornings I plan eggs for breakfast, I (and my kids) get crackin’ the evening before.