By 7:00pm I am done “momming” for the day. I wish I had more patience and more of an interest in parenting past that time of day, but I don’t. By 7:00pm I can’t listen to another rendition of the Phenias and Ferb theme song, break up another fight, or see anyone make a mess.… Read More 7:00pm Bedtime Is Nonnegotiable at My House
Dear Other Moms at the Park Yesterday, First off, I am beyond sorry that my children screaming ruined your time at the park yesterday. I know, they were pretty much the worst. About 5 years ago I was you. I was somewhat (let’s not get ahead of ourselves) neatly dressed, pushing my one delightful child in a… Read More Dear Other Park Moms
My daughter’s first birthday is fast approaching. I can’t believe we have made it this far already. Some days it seems like she has been with our family forever, and some days it seems like just yesterday I was counting the minutes until pregnancy was over.
My boys have a love hate relationship, they are just close enough in age to like of some the same things, but just far apart to be competitive about everything. I grew up with brothers, I watched them fight and make up, but I don’t remember it being quite so drastic. every.single.day. My boys ask about… Read More Brotherly Love or Not So Much
I have three kids 5 and under and it seems like sickness hits our house hard and often! I blame the difficulty on two things: 1. whining 2. man colds. Whining is the worst at the best of times.
My three year old (AsthmaMan) started playing tee-ball this season. Since his older brother started at three and has been playing ever since (you know a whole 2.5 years) I thought this was a good idea. There were a lot of great things about this idea, but the reality was kinda awful.
One of my graduate school professors used to say that we were “living the dream (or so to speak)”. We all had a good laugh at his comment because it often related to a dream that none of us actually had. But I am almost 6 (how has it been 6 years) into living one… Read More Living the Dream (or so to speak): Time to get started
Cultivating Chaos 