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Mom trying to keep the Little Tornado, Hurricane and Earthquake from becoming complete miscreants. Dispatcher trying to keep my sanity.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

The oldest two, in hopes of trapping Santa or an elf or both, set traps and trip lines, including booby trapping the cookies before they went to bed.

The youngest had dismantled it all before he went to bed because he's a level 7 chaos goblin.

This accurately sums up our lives

[HuffPost Family @HuffPostFamily]

I'm A Mother Of Boys. I'm Not Raising Them To Be Like Our Next President. https://t.co/x7EyAwtfAq

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

Republicans announcing that Project 2025 was the plan all along like it's some big surprise is giving 3 year old doing a magic trick vibes.

"Haha...I tricked you!"

Sure you did, Champ.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

Walked into work on 2 hours of sleep, with a package of Liquid IV, eye drops for tired eyes and a package of M&Ms. This has success written all over it.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

Little Hurricane: if I had a dinosaur I would name it Cupcake.

What kind of dinosaur are you naming Cupcake?

LH: A T-Rex.

I'm not sure whether to be impressed or concerned.

[Sarcastic Mommy @sarcasticmommy4]

You can either have a nice evening or you can help your child with their math homework.

You can’t have both.

[krista @kristabellerina]

I wish I had the confidence of my kid, who thinks we can both become astronauts and fly to Mars together.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

On hour 27 (not hyperbole, literally 27) of my Monday, I took 3 kids to the dentist: a neurospicy 10 year old with legit dentist trauma, a wild 5 year old, and a 3 year old who walked into the place screaming and throwing himself on the floor.

What's your superpower?

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

Librarians are amazing. Libraries are amazing. We are so, so lucky to have such a resource in our community.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

Today we went to toddler time at the library. And while the littlest usually enjoys this, he got dysregulated quickly and it just wasn't working. But he decided to go upstairs to the children's library and he did puzzles, played with toys, and read books. He enjoyed the quiet.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

We were still upstairs when the program got over and the librarian saw the littlest when she came back to her office. She came over and sat down and read a few books one on one. She is a beloved member of our community and the children love her, the littlest being no exception.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

Fire crews are perky on the radio during the day.

I'm not complaining - it's nice. It's just weird.

For the record, I am decidedly not perkier on the radio during the day.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

When my son asked what the first Star Wars movie is, I don't think he was prepared for a 10 minute tutorial on the Star Wars universe.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

@NightshiftWorkr Sounds like the breakfast of champions to me.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

Today I got real sleep and ate real meals and I feel pretty decent.

Which is unfortunate, because I was really hoping the key to life was 2hours of sleep, a metric ton of caffeine, and spite.

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

*4th

[Vinod Chhaproo @Chhapiness]

Friday the 13th has got nothing on parents who’re dealing with 3rd grade math homework

[JFM @JennFromMaine]

I'm a decent person. I have my faults but I don't go around knee capping puppies or anything.

Tell me why the universe has seen it fit to put me and my child and his new saxophone in quarantine.

[Maine Forest Rangers @MaineRangers]

Maine Forest Rangers assist with rescue of a 15 year old injured hiker who fell 60 feet down Tumbledown Mountain in Township 6 North of Weld on Sunday.

Chief Ranger Pilot John Crowley was pilot in command of "Ranger 935", with District Ranger Scott Maddox serving as crew chief and Ranger Aliesha Black as our short haul rescuer on the line. Ranger Thomas Paine assisted game wardens, fire department personnel, along with rescuers from Mahoosuc Mountain Rescue and Franklin Search and Rescue.

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