I have a bit of a “love/not liking what you are doing right now at all!!” relationship with my middle child these days. One moment he’s smiling and playing and the next he is whining his face off or even crying about something that I cannot even understand. It’s like a switch flips in his…
Honesty in Parenting
I’m not gonna lie. Becoming a parent was hard. And I’m not just talking about the delivery part (although for me that was fairly tumultuous…). I’m mostly talking about the “Oh NO! – WHAT THE FRACK* did I do to my life and how am I completely responsible for this human being???” part. It was…
What’s that saying about lemons & lemonade?
This week has been kinda hard. But then it’s also been good. A dichotomy of sorts. One group of us has been well (females). And another, not so well (males). Tim has been down for the count since Tuesday night and Little G has had coughing and fever on and off for several days. I’m…
Actually ALMOST Wordless – WW
Toddlers… They can change on a dime. 🙂
I’ll Miss These Times Someday, Right?
This weekend was busy. But then most of them are. I believe we are in the beginning of the phase of our life as a family known as “BUSY”. It seems like we have at least one birthday party almost every weekend. And at least one soccer game. There were a couple of times this…
Why I Sometimes Hide in the Laundry Room
Because when both the washer and dryer are running and I close the door, then I cannot hear him crying. It started when he was about 2 and half or so, if memory serves. Sometimes I try to block it out. The past that is. It was NOT fun. It’s less frequent now but still…
These Moments of Motherhood
I needed to go. But as I stood there for a few moments longer, I realized I didn’t really need to go. Or even want to at that point. It was the evening of Tuesday, October 19, 2010 and soon I would look at the calendar and it would be October 19, 2025 and he…
Potty Tots – Review & Giveaway
I’m not really a fan of potty training. It did not go “swimmingly” the first time around (really, no kind of pun intended) and I was having small convulsions thinking about round two. While on twitter one day I connected with Jill @pottytots and she offered to help in any way she could (this was…
Terrifying
I had a terrifying dream the other night. It was one of those where you find yourself halfway between the dream and real life and knowing it’s just a dream, but still, you are sort of stuck there. I woke up crying in my bed, the morning light barely starting to show through the blinds….
I’ll Take the Good and the Bad
Some days I have time with my children where I want to cry “UNCLE!!!” really loudly and put a sign out in the front yard that says FREE KID(S) (you know, depending on how many are bugging me at the time). Some days I have time with my children where I am overwhelmed at how…