Me: Aaron, What did you have for related arts today at school? Aaron: I don't know. It's a long name. Me: What?!? Tell me what you did there and maybe I can figure it out. Aaron: Well...we touched cotton balls and sandpaper. Me: Why? What for? Aaron: We learned that cotton balls are like saying [...]
Week 5 of Kindergarten The excitement is gone. He no longer jumps for joy as he puts on his TMNT shell book bag. He drags his feet down the three flights of stairs from our apartment to the bus stop. By the time I get off from work and pick him up he's done. More than [...]
When I became a mother I viewed things much differently. Every male child my son's age or younger somehow became mine. Well, at least in the movies or on TV. If the character hurt I felt as if it was my own child and it broke my heart. I distinctly remember standing in my son's [...]
Driving to the mall this afternoon I was listening to an audio book. The narrator was talking about how boys on the playground can give each other bloody noses and then be best friends again the next day. Isaiah: "Just like conflict corner!" Me: "Conflict what?" Isaiah: "Conflict Corner is a place in my P.E. [...]
Earlier this year I shared my utter disgust with alarm clocks. If you missed it click here: I Hate Alarm Clocks. I am not a morning person. I have a serious issue with mornings. I've tried some new and creative alarms lately that had potential to serve their purpose but ultimately failed. I Can't Wake [...]
Last night I stood in my bathroom in horror. I don't know when the transformation happened. It just snuck up on me. How could he not tell me? To protect my feelings? Where the heck did it come from? I mean I know after two kids and a terrible diet my stomach has grown a [...]
Anyone have a mama's boy? What about a daddy's boy? We have one of each. My oldest is an absolute mama's boy. I love it! My younger son is all about daddy. Yesterday on the way to church I was educating my children on some old school kind of music that I enjoy. I sang [...]
I've come to the point in motherhood where my children are interested in things that my brain doesn't want to comprehend. I get the basic super hero plots. I know who's who in the Marvel world. Now my oldest is going through a Batman phase. Batman is from DC Comics...not Marvel. I don't like him. [...]
Prior to having children I could use the restroom by myself. Seems like a simple thing that many women take for granted. Over the last eight years I have adjusted to the fact that there is no private time as mother. So that being said here's my top 10 list of reasons my children barged [...]
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