We lost our second child (AsthmaMan) at the store today. By lost I mean he was there one minute and GONE the next. See things started off innocent enough, we (ok I) decided it was a good idea to take our entire family kids clothes shopping at Old Navy (yes in retrospect this was a… Read More I Think I Discovered Where All Those Grey Hairs Are Coming From…
Confession, I have terrible mom guilt. I mean some days it is so bad that it keeps me up at night. I love my kids, and I chose to be a mom, but some days… well some days I do not enjoy all that comes with being a mother. Some days I want to scream… Read More Coming to Grips with Mom Guilt
Over the past five years I have had a lot of conversations I never thought I would have. For example, this afternoon I tucked my three year old (AsthmaMan) into bed, read him a story, and told him sweet dreams and then proceeded down the stairs. By the time I reached the laundry room at… Read More Conversations I Never Thought I’d Have
Making mom friends is the worst. Ok not the worst, but I’d rate it up there with cutting my son’s toenails. It’s pretty rough. It’s like dating, except that instead of having a wingman who has their act together you have three wingmen who are about to lose their crap at the slightest provocation.
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.
Cultivating Chaos 