Lessons in Motherhood

If you read the last post about my gas being cut off, you are probably wondering if I’m wrapped in a blanket, sitting in front of an electric heater. Well, the answer is NO.
At about 4:30am on the night when we had no gas, I woke up with a single idea in [...]

Sorry, friends. I’ve been a little bit of a slacker lately. I blame the fact that I’ve been at a work conference. Ugh. It’s exhausting. Three days at a conference and I’m exhausted. In fact, this whole experience is like running a damn marathon for someone who can barely [...]

After my proud Mama post yesterday, I thought it was ironic that this is the conversation I had with Hailey in the car this morning.
Hailey: Mom, are you going to pick me up early today?
Me: Yes, because you have swimming class today.
Hailey: Awwww…not swimming class.
Me: Wait. I thought you liked swimming. You [...]

I had a fabulous first day of vacation today until I came in from the pool to take a shower. Then, I had a little accident whereby I dislocated my shoulder. I can hear you gasping now. Let me assure you that I did my fair share of gasping but not swearing [...]

Well, we are down in Florida at St. George Island. We drove down yesterday. Before you think that I am the worst Mom ever, I will just say that I am the worst Mom ever. I am taking my child out of school on the second week of Kindergaten. I know, [...]

Best Kid Quote:
Me: Bennett and Sophia, can you just be nice to each other?
Bennett: Fine. But I’m not marrying her.

Best Catch Phrase Clue:
Me: He’s the guy that fell off the horse and died.
Katie: Christopher Reeve
Me: Wait. What?!?!? No. He was in Little House on the Prairie
Katie: Michael Landon? Those are [...]

Turns out, I don’t have a medical degree, and I can’t really diagnose illnesses…go figure! So, my hand, foot, and mouth disease diagnosis might have been slightly off because we got the mouth, but not the hands or feed. I guess she just had mouth disease. Whatever it was, it’s gone now. [...]

It’s not just illness that we’ve had going on lately. We also have had some other excitement.
Hailey visited Mommy’s office for an afternoon. She colored quietly for two hours even after we gave her an ice cream sundae. Fifi had to stay at school for obvious reasons related to her ability (or [...]

Back when I was fun, I could stay out late or wake up early or pull an all nighter or whatever. I didn’t spend a whole lot of time thinking about doing these fun things, they just kind of happened. This brings me to our Father’s Day adventure. Luke’s company needed to [...]

According to Hailey, about a million things happened on her first day.  Well, maybe not a million, but enough that she could just continue talking about it for hours and hours. 
Sophia also survived the day.  She was playing outside when I arrived, and she barely noticed that I was there.  There were no tears when [...]