Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
Before I go any further, Tina at Life Without Pink was kind enough to post my question about separation anxiety in her “Tips from the Playground” series today. If you have advice for me or a question you want answered make sure you stop by. So on to my story… Last week, Natalie over at […]
I begin to tuck them in. Lift covers up to the first little chin, shift hair, the color of my own, off his sweet forehead, and kiss pink cheeks. I lean over his sister, the final goodnight of our bedtime routine, and they are already climbing out. Tell us “The Baby Story” Mommy. My heart […]
After baking with my children twice in the last week I have decided that I am now qualified to give expert advice. I found a fun recipe for sugar cookies while blog-hopping and decided we would give it a shot when the baby was napping. Here are my best tips: 1. Give everyone a bowl […]
Breakfast of champions or is it troublemakers? Note to the reader: Yes my children are supervised, you will notice there is at least one child missing from each photo. It has come to my attention that, when their culinary minds start turning, they send one to me as a distraction technique, allowing the others free […]
They knocked on her door. She let them in. Little eyes peering through the crack, they knew what was in there. All four feet of its ghastly ugliness, screaming when’s the next trash day? Ribbons of sea water blue twisted with dingy pale and streaks of salmon. Together with eyes of, well, of a gigantic […]
“Bubl sa. Bubl sa.” “SAWYER WANTS A BUBBLE SAW.” “What’s he saying Jess? No, sit down and eat, I can get it… what’s bubl sa?” I am on my feet, tapping the remnants of applesauce off my spoon into a tiny plastic dish, orange, of course, blue would be Parker’s, pink, McKenna’s, before I can […]
-So who is your Valentine? My mom asked my son, as he managed to sit still, for a moment, on her lap. -Kenna. Parker responded, giving my mom a dose of his heart melting sweetness he balances so well with his over the top trouble-making abilities. -Awww, she is? Parker you are so sweet. And […]
The theme this week for Shutterlove Tuesday is “A Story in Pictures.” Words really are not necessary for the pictures below, especially if you have ever attempted a photo shoot with three small children… The End For more, less violent, picture stories visit Trendy Treehouse…
When you have paper bags and siblings.
I guess I was not prepared for raising a baby so close in age to his siblings. Soon after the shock of my pregnancy wore off I began dreaming about my little rainbow baby who would let me hold him and cuddle him for as long as I wanted, dissolving all of my this-is-going-by-too-fast […]
