There are days when my current “job” is hard-ish. Sometimes I wish for the times when I could get dressed every morning, have coffee in my office and eat lunch out with other adults at a decent restaurant. I miss feeling like I’m contributing to something “bigger”, more substantial. More significant. But then I snap…
He Drives Me Crazy
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…
Time Stoppage, The Impossible Dream
Are you like me?Do you ever wish time would just stop for a while with your kids? Like right now, Baby K is about to enter the phase that we, at our house, like to call “the age of maximum cuteness”. From around 16 to 20 months the little ones are just so crazy cute…
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…
Perhaps I should just close the blinds over the kitchen window…
It was morning and I stood at the kitchen sink doing some dishes. Behind me I heard noises. Of the child kind. Lots of them. The toddler was babbling about something while playing with her scrambled eggs. The pre-schooler was talking about what he was going to draw and wielding a crayon. Again. I blocked…
“Mommy Brain” – It’s TOTALLY Real
As the pictures in my last post show, we went to the zoo yesterday. In a city an hour away. We caravan-ed with some friends. We made it there and back safely. But I kinda wonder how. I did manage to pack snacks but forgot to fill the water bottle that stays in the car…
Early
There are two times when I know my children will be quiet. When they are sleeping. And when they are eating dessert. They get a lot of dessert. And a fair amount of sleep… This morning Little G got up to take a tinkle at 5:34 according to the clock in our bedroom. Afterward he…
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…
My Desire to be the “Perfect” Mommy – A Guest Post
Boy do I have a fun little treat for y’all today! I “met” Brittany on twitter the week before Bloggy Boot Camp in Austin and was excited to find her since I do not read any other bloggers under the age of 20 (that I know of!). I even tweeted her that I wanted to…
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…