Let’s take just a few minutes and talk about the sensory overload that moms experience during summer. I love my kids dearly, but I think they are trying to drive me insane. I am fairly certain that every third word out of their mouth is “MOM!” They seem to be making a game out of… Read More Breathe, Summer WILL end…eventually
If you’ve spent time with an ADHD child then you know there is a difference between a bored child and a child with ADHD.… Read More ADHD: A Soapbox
Right now we have the Coronaverse, instead of wishing for the past, find your place in the new normal. You can’t imagine how good it will feel to be useful again!… Read More Finding Our Place in the Coronaverse
As the Christmas season begins (let’s not argue about that, it’s begun), I’ve started thinking… well worrying about “keeping Christ in Christmas”. I’m not sure how to approach this, so honestly that’s why I’m writing about it. I’d like to think of myself as a fairly religious person. I read my scriptures, pray, attend church,… Read More Reconciling the Reason for the Season
Something makes me feel nostalgic for this moment, this time, and this place.… Read More Nostalgic for Today
Today was a good day. One of those days that you have to sit down and record so on the not so good days you have something to hold on to. … Read More A “Friendly” Nerf Battle
I’d like to think that at this point there aren’t a lot of things my kids can do to shock me. I know I’m naive, but seriously, these kids enjoy shocking people with their bad behavior/silliness so we’ve seen a lot. But every once in awhile they somehow manage to…shock and horrify me. This morning… Read More Photography By AsthmaMan and Harry Potter
I love Harry Potter dearly, but I do not love his pre-tween attitudes. Yes “pre-tween” is a thing. Harry Potter is a sassy kid. He’s the king of eye rolls, loud sighs, and saying things like “Seriously?!” I’m sure I deserve his sassiness. I wasn’t a meek and mild child myself. I have a sarcastic… Read More SHUT UP!… a great way to start summer
Nothing makes me appreciate Mr. Spreadsheets more than when he goes out of town. And nothing makes me swear he is never leaving again like him going out of town. I have to preface by saying Mr. Spreadsheets isn’t one of those dads who is home at 4pm, playing with the kids, helping with dinner,… Read More Never Going Out of Town Again… Ever
Cultivating Chaos 