Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
I caved the other day and drove through McDonald’s. McKenna had been begging for the new Barbie’s now in the Happy Meal and I had no time to stop at home and make an all organic meal that wouldn’t sit in our digestive systems for a month. As I pulled up to place our order I […]
Because you are my youngest I am writing your birthday post two days after it passed. I’ve exchanged filling in your baby book for keeping your brother from scaling the television while you teethed on my shoulder and your sisters cried on the floor. Your pacifiers were cleaned off on the thigh of my jeans […]
Before it was below freezing the kids set up a soccer field in the yard. We only had one net so a dangerous rock and stick sculpture served as the other. It wasn’t really necessary because everyone ran where they felt like running anyway. Ashlyn gave up on corralling the little ones and scored goals […]
Sawyer’s transition to preschool is not going well. Some days I am still peeling him off of me, practicing the Preschool Parent Code: quick in, assure him I’ll be back soon, kiss, hug, quick out. Other days the teacher is prying him from my arms as he cries and I try not to cry and […]
Parker has decided he wants to become a super hero. Donning a cape or a sword or boots when it’s 90 degrees, he searches for his next super power. Feeling sufficiently swallow up, rolled in mud and injured by inch-tall army men during life as a boy mom, I’ve thought of a few new super […]
As my little men go from toddling babies to running-full-speed-ahead boys the reality of life is sinking in. I have always been a girly girl and having two boys is like a boot camp introduction into life on the other side of the tracks. So for all of you moms of boys out there I […]
This post contains affiliate links, I may earn a small commission off sales recieved through links clicked on within this post. Parker has hit the age where he is obsessed with super heroes and dressing up like them. Not only does he love them, he seems to switch from favorite to favorite to one more […]
