Connection- (from my iPhone)My computer is shot. Its the reason I havent been blogging and its the reason, I think, that Ive been a little crankier than usual.I feel stuck. I like to write. I work st...
I started writing in this space a year ago. I was stuck in the house with a preemie and a two-year-old during one of the most wintery of winters. I needed a way to get out that didnt invo...
This week started out rough. We had a family Christmas party roll into a cold virus thatwalloped our kids. I sadly calledCharlie’s preschool to tell them that he wouldn’t make his Christm...
Because I can sometimes be overly dramatic and because I amalways reminded of wherever I was the year before, the week after her birthdaycontinued to be about her. Icelebrated her all week beca...
-From December 5, 2011-I woke up at 3:01 AM on the dot this morning. That is precisely the minute on thisday last year that I awoke, stood up and started walking to the bathroom. I can ha...
Boo Hoo Betty has left the building. Yes, I still want to nurture parts of me that dont have anything to do with being a mom, but whatever about all of that for today.Today, I was a mom and the...
I want to excitedly tell you about the best new thing to do with your kids or how much I just love being able to watch my kids grow and develop each and every day. I could do that, but it would...
For weeks, I have been trying to make this video montage on my computer of Charlie going to preschool. I get ideas for making things while I am in the shower – some of them turn out to be brill...
It is 6:45 in the morning and I have been up for two hours already. Everyone in my home is awake and loud; you would never know that in some homes right around the corner from me people are sti...
Sometimes loving and living with a three-year-old is a lot like loving and living with an abusive lover. One minute we are frolicking through life hand-in-hand with the wind blowing our hair, e...
With two kids three and under, I am sure you think you know where this post is going with a title like that. But, my kids are not puking. Everyone is all right around this house, except for an ...
I run up and down our stairs at a good clip multiple times a day - up for socks, down with laundry, up for a toy that he cannot find, down with diapers that she needs. I add weights to that rou...
When I nurseher feet swirl and wiggle,back and forth, up and down,like a conductors arms setting the tempo for her suck.Her toes spread and grip,slide and hold,like a pianists fingers grabbing f...
Our CSA has been delivering the goods. This tomato pie recipe is perfect. And I use her pie dough recipe, too. To her recipe, I add a few more tomatoes so that its not so crusty and I add...
I dont think that we are technically in that period of our lives quite yet, but things are shifting and I can feel it. Maybe it has something to do with having two kids instead of one or having...
I wrote different posts in my head for the whole seven hours it took us to get back home (we added an hour onto our return trip thanks to Pats "shortcut").The gist of all of those imaginary p...
Last week, Charlie awoke at 3 oclock in the morning from a bad dream. Pat went to comfort him and laid with him for awhile, almost falling asleep in his bed until he asked Pat to leave because ...
I dont usually write on a night that comes from a day like today. I am tired, drained and cranky. The day was not really bad, just long and boring without any bits of alone time. I dont k...
I know its been a good day when its 9 oclock at night and I am still in my swimsuit top.I know its been a good weekend when we share a family nap.I know I am tired when my pictures dont really go wit...
I learned a couple of things this weekend:First, weve been calling Rosie tiny dancer because of the way she sits perched on our sides, riding along with us with arms outstretched like a little dancer...
When Charlie was a newbie newborn, the setting of the sun elicited nervous feelings of dread for the night to come. I worried about what the night would hold: would he present with some unknown...
What I love about getting away is that it shakes us out of our routines. With a change of scenery comes a change of spirit. We wake up with different ideas about what to do with our day. ...
I have a three year old.My dear baby boy. What all of the moms of older kids say is true - it goes so fast, though they forget to mention how slow some days with them as babies can be. Bu...
Nobody!Im taking the lack of comments as a sign that my crafty skills are less than I thought. Because people were clicking on my blog - and reading - and no one but a girl who doesnt even want...
Warning: This post is a departure from what you might expect to find here normally. You know, you come here usually to find true stories of our life detailing the trials of raising little kids which...
Im out of sorts lately. There are a number of things that are contributing to my current chaotic state, but the major contributor is the fact that I am waking at 4 AM to feed a hungry baby. Its a n...
My mama said thered be days like this. Actually, my mama didnt. My mama said that her days with young children were the best days of her life.I have times where it is wonderful. But...
Before my husband and I married, we both worked in politics. We had events to go to every night. Before he and I were dating, I went to some of these events and skipped others. When...
Parenting a toddler is complex in that it takes both physical strength and mental preparedness. Toddlers are smart enough to question your answers, your behaviors and your ideas, but they are s...
Remember all of my complaining when the weather was bad? I was all, "This weather really puts me in a bad mood; Im not kidding."Well, I wasnt kidding. Because this sunshine and th...
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