"Mommy, will you play superheroes with us?" my boys ask. "Yes!" I say over my shoulder as I load the last of the breakfast dishes, "but let me put the clothes in the dryer first!" But before I do that, I need to find an empty basket to put the current dry clothes in. There are no empty ...
life lessons
When the Babies come before the House
I haven't been writing much lately, and I'm sorry for that. But the reason is a good one: on Halloween, we finally closed on a house(!!!) And life has been a whirlwind of moving and shopping and settling and keeping up with so much more square footage than I've ever had to. All good, yet exhausting ...
“Girls don’t work, Mommy.”
So we were at the park, and my almost three-year-old is playing on this rope ladder. He's calling it his "work," and I'm finding it adorable. "I go to work just like Daddy," he shouts to me over his shoulder, "and I work so hard! Watch me, Mommy, I'm just workin with ALL my muscles." He's ...
If you’re drowning in discontentment–here’s a life preserver
It's been a whole year since we moved into our camper to minimize the monthly bills we pay while my husband goes through the rocky start of starting a small business. I've told you before about how I was so ashamed to bring my brand new second baby home to this camper. We said it would only be ...
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and the awful lesson it’s teaching our kids
I've watched a LOT of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in my day. I spent four years nannying for multiple families and now I have my own children--and they have all loved Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I liked it too! (For their sake of course, kind of a yawn for me.) It's so interactive, colorful and ...
The newborn’s need for nearness [that transcends all relationships]
Babies sure can teach us a lot about life, can't they? My second baby is schooling me on relationships right now, and I'm listening, little man, I am listening. Even when all of his needs are met--full belly, sufficiently burped, dry diaper--he still requires nearness. He cries persistently until ...