Lessons in Motherhood

We went to Hailey’s new school yesterday for her kindergarten assessment. Apparently, she answered all of the questions correctly, but that is very much her personal assessment of her assessment. So, I don’t know. She said the hardest question was about sea turtles. What could they possibly have been asking [...]

We all know that Sophia is going through a bit of an independent streak. She’s constantly saying “my turn” until she realizes that she actually needs help with something and then she’s all like, “why didn’t you help me 5 minutes ago?”
The whole thing is very amusing. Anyway, since we have no family [...]

Sorry blog readers but life is moving faster than my ability to blog right now. Yesterday we turned in all of the paperwork to finalize our loan on the new house. This morning we found renters for our current house. This afternoon we had a POD delivered.
This is a bit [...]

As if dealing with Sophia’s “my turn” neuroses weren’t enough, now I have to deal with my own. I was just labeling boxes and wrote “Girls Room.” Girls room!?!?!?!? Where is the apostrophe???? OMG! This cannot stand. I had to fix it – Girl’s Room. Just kidding, Dad. [...]

Dear Blog Readers,
I’ve been keeping a secret from you for several weeks now, and I’m starting to feel guilty. Yes, very guilty. I still don’t feel completely ready to announce it to the world, but the guilt is growing day by day.
Wait. I’m not pregnant!!!! Is that what you were [...]

Everyone in our family is feeling better, and thank goodness. There is a certain level of stress that I have on a daily basis, but when you add sick kids to that normal level, it really gets cranked up. So, last week was crazy stressful.
However, I have to say that whatever shot they [...]

What a day! Hailey was diagnosed with her second ruptured ear drum in just three months. She was feeling just fine until we gave her the first dose of antibiotics. then, she got very sick and threw up in the car. There is nothing that takes the energy out of your [...]

Some ideas aren’t good ideas…
I worked at home today so I had time to prepare a delicious and complicated meal of grilled cheese and asparagus BEFORE I picked up the girls.  I thought that I would surprise them with a picnic in the park after school (yes, it was 60 degrees here today…jealous?).  So, I [...]

I don’t remember who I was talking to or what Mommy blogger I was reading who said this “I don’t know why, but coats put me over the edge.” I could not agree more.
Maybe I’m just tired of winter, but I’m feeling the intense need to have a little rant about coats. [...]

I woke up with a sore knee.  This is after enduring days of intense shoulder pain.  Here’s the conversation that just ensued about Mommy’s aches and pains…
Mommy: Oh my knee hurts.  I think I’m getting old.
Daddy:  Ya think?
Hailey:  You’re not getting old, Mommy.
Guess which one is getting an extra cookie for dessert tonight!