Box Tops
Can I just say, on behalf of parents everywhere, and for the love of all things Holy, “Seriously?!” How did this become a thing? I’ll tell you how. Someone sat in a board room somewhere and said,...
View ArticleGabriel’s Field Trip
Parents with more than one child know the constant challenge it is to divide your time between kids. In our house, we are very aware that the older children need less “hands on” care as they grow and...
View Article“Look Mommy ~ I fixed it!”
The upside to people being nasty in public, is that enough other people take notice and take a stand against it. In school anti-bullying training, we call that being a “come-along-sider.” So, thank...
View ArticleOf course, the pictures were a fail
You all could have just said, “Wait, Kristie. Do you mean that this time you’re confident that one of your children is going to cooperate for a picture? In costume? With another baby? Maybe not.”...
View ArticleHow we really spent her first birthday
Starting Saturday morning, my three girls took 12 hour shifts throwing up. There was a 2 hour window Saturday afternoon when Mollie stopped and before Adeline started, when we decided to still try to...
View Articlethe difference 12 hours makes . . .
On December 14, my blog post was due to relate the absolutely aerobic event that was attending the Christmas program of my older two children, with my younger two children in tow. While my angelic...
View ArticleMonster Baby
At Adeline’s one year appointment, which happened to be in January, thereby making it the 15 month appointment and presumably “skipping” the one-year all together, I discussed her challenging behavior...
View ArticleSecond Grade Ugly
I needed to just say it. This has been a phrase that’s crossed my mind for a few years, but it took until I actually HAD a second grader to feel like I could say it out loud. I am 100% certain that...
View ArticleI’m so tired
That may be all I need to say today. I’m having a phase of life where I feel like I’ve got all oars in and am not sure which ones to take out. I downloaded the free e-book, Organized Simplicity last...
View ArticleThen again,
maybe I’m not crazy. Maybe I have a good reason to be exhausted. Just yesterday we removed the second rung of the ladder so that she would be delayed in her ability to climb all the way up – we were...
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