I hear that a lot. When it comes right down to it, the only advantage I’ve can think of is that you get it over with all at once, but after that it’s a circus. It’s a demanding job when they are babies and toddlers and it’s maddening when they are preteens.…

You know what it’s like when you’ve had a long day with two hormonally charged wildebeests, kids who are just…. hell on wheels? Well that’s been my day! Where has my sense of humor gone? I lost it again. Mommies In Orbit can usually channel her frustration by reading…

In order to keep chaos to a minimum here at home, I have created a program we like to call, Mommy’s Mission Control or MMC for short. It looks something like the photo below, only more complicated. Raising two pre-teen aliens requires lots of complicated technology, and cash! We run…

Do you ever feel like cosmic rays are bombarding your brain? Especially after spending way too much time with your kids? Like Spring Break? Even a mere 2-day weekend? It’s called the tween stage for a reason. Not only are my kids becoming hormonally-disturbed, moody, feisty and testy,…

Happy April Fools’ Day! Not to worry, it’s only the size of a passenger jet! http://news.yahoo.com/april-fools-day-asteroid-buzz-earth-sunday-no-153206259.html

Do you ever get the feeling that your kids are “flying together in a disciplined, synchronized manner?”I don’t mean the kind of discipline parents crave or the kind psychologists talk about. I’m referring to a general lack of discipline whereby kids hover side by side, out of control, while orbiting…

It takes a lot to hide from my kids these days, so I’ve booked myself a flight to the ISS-International Space Station. Here, in space, there will be no talking through closed doors, or massive eruptions when I’m having a phone conversation with another human being. Here there will…

and make that a Grande!

You hide in the bathroom to be alone.Your feet stick to the kitchen floor, and you don’t care.You wonder why you ever feared being alone.You can’t use the bathroom or take a shower without being interrupted.Getting up at 7 is sleeping in.You feel guilty about everything you do…

You’re probably thinking, what the heck does parenting have to do with an asteroid belt? Well for Mommies In Orbit, it comes with the territory. The actual asteroid belt is located somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. And asteroids and kids have a lot in common. They are both…