This sticker came on a pair of socks – “Don’t panic, I’m organic!” We thought it was funny to put it on Asher’s head. Yup, I’m one of “those” moms, I guess. I do my best to buy organic for Miles and when Asher eats more than milk, I’ll do the same for him. As I sit here, eating my Froot Loops, I’m thankful for the realization our country has had about organic foods and products. My generation grew up consuming more processed foods than ever before. Our parents had no idea how truly unhealthy this is and who could blame them? I am still addicted to many of these foods, hence the Froot Loops. It’s sad to admit I’m not as concerned about what I put into my body as I am about my boys. Maybe I’ll “get there” some day but for now I’m holding tight to some of my favorite […]
Miles thinks his “big boy bed” is actually called a good boy bed. I don’t know how that happened. I really never did tell him he’s not good until he sleeps in it. He just sometimes gets mixed up and it always makes me smile. So he’s in his “good boy” bed right now as I write this. I have a knot in my stomach. Mostly because it’s one of those undeniable not-a-baby-anymore moments. He’s a kid now. He’ll even tell you so. I can’t believe how time has gone. I realize I say that a lot but that’s because it’s so true. I remember the bassinet and then the pack and play. And then I remember how well he slept the first night in his own room in his own big crib and how I felt sad that we were “so far away” from each other. Then we needed to lower the […]
Yesterday was an interesting day for me. Ryan had told me to do whatever I wanted with the whole day. To say the least I needed to have some alone time to stop being a crazy person at home. I had plans to meet Kim in the morning for coffee to catch up and plans to have dinner at Kelly’s (I’ll get to that later) in the evening. Other than that, I had the whole day open. So I met Kim and it felt so good to see her and her round pregnant belly. We discussed everything baby and had tasty drinks. Borders has a gingerbread latte that I could drink all day long. It even has a cute little gingerbread man on the whipped cream. Yum… Anyway! After meeting with Kim I got in the car and had no idea what to do. It felt so weird to not have to hurry […]
I thought of one more song I used to hear wrong. Couldn’t resist sharing that I thought the song “Voices Carry,” (80’s tune) was “this is scary.” Love that one.I don’t have much to say today. Miles has a stomach bug it seems. Or it’s teeth, I’m not sure. I feel like I’m constantly saying that as a mom. It could be this, or that, or maybe it’s just this. Maybe I should try this, or now I’ll try that and then it won’t be this but it will be that. I find that to be one of the hardest parts. I guess it’s probably because I’m a control freak and there’s no way I can control everything with motherhood or my children. I suppose it’s good for me to learn to stop trying to rely on myself so much. I just don’t like letting go that much. I want to make everything […]
First of all, before I forget. The pumpkin recipe from yesterday’s post: It makes lots of batter, a little much for a loaf pan. I put it all in a regular larger sized loaf pan and it spilled over. So use your smarts if you make this recipe and don’t put all the batter in one pan – maybe two smaller ones? I don’t know, I’m clueless about that sort of thing.Next, I want to give some props to some wonderful mothers in my life. I’ve learned endless amounts from my friend Kate, mother of Caleb-6 and Ella-5. She is an excellent mother. Mostly she teaches me how to respect my children, because after all, they are little people. My friend Carrie (mother of twin girls, Zoe and Eden-3) reminds me often that these little people are not robots. Sometimes you need to hear that when you’re caught up in trying to get […]
Pretty soon we get to put our clocks back. I remember when I thought this was the BEST thing. Now I just realized that what it means for my family is that Miles will wake up really early, according to the clock. Which will change his waking up time in general and slowly we will be having longer days. We’ll happily put our clocks back one hour the night before and when we roll over and look at the clock when Miles starts yelling “MOMMY!!!”, it will say 6am rather than 7am. Am I figuring this right? I get confused easily. I think I might be right. Oh well, such is the life of the non-sleeping family with little iddy bitty ones. I’m getting more tired just thinking about it so I think I’ll stop now. Just this afternoon my neighbor (mother of four that she home-schools), said “don’t wish away these years, […]
Somebody help us!!! We haven’t been out much lately and we’re losing our minds. Since Ryan, Miles and Asher have all been sick and I then got mastitis (if you don’t know what that is, no worries, it’s a nursing issue that I won’t get into here), we have been pretty much home-bound for over a week. This makes for mush brain and a sense that the world has stopped, even if we know it hasn’t. Ryan said, “today has been really weird.” And I said “yeah, I know; like one big bunch of busy nothing.” Sometimes life with two small people is a lot like the movie “Groundhog Day” where Bill Murray keeps waking up and repeating the exact same day over and over. My friend Kate said this to me after I had Miles and I couldn’t agree more. Get up, feed little mouths, dress little bodies, play, scold, chase, diapers, […]
My mom really wanted some good new pics of Zach, Max, Miles and Asher but they all happened to turn out like this. Miles had just gotten up, was getting a cold, and thought the “fun” in the leaves was pretty dumb. We couldn’t wipe this look off his face to save our lives. And Asher wouldn’t wake up for the photo shoot. Oh well, isn’t that how it goes? I love the furrowed brow look Miles has anyway. At times he is just so serious, you can’t get him to stop turning those wheels in his head for a second. You have to wonder what he’s thinking. Then he can be a total clown too. He has that reputation at school – the one to make all the others laugh. I love that. Miles is finding out he really does like fall. He talks about the colors of the leaves changing on […]
When I was single, everything really was in perfect order at my place. It clears my head to have a clear space. Then I got married, got a dog and a house, added on to that house (still working on that), and had two children – all in the span of three years. Besides the stress of this list in and of itself, I find what bothers me most of the time is the mess. Now, don’t get me wrong. I love the creatures that are making this mess (myself included). BUT, sometimes I just can’t take it. Okay, I’ll admit it. I spend much too much time fussing and fighting about it and over it. Just ask the eldest of my three boys. It’s silly, I know. But I’m having a hard time letting go. Cleanliness isn’t neccessarily Godliness. It’s probably pretty Godly to be patient about it and live in peace […]
