That seems to be my theme these days. With a three-year old and two almost toddling babes, things are getting crazy around here. And some days, just getting everyone loaded in the car counts as success, even when I forget where we were going in the first place. So, I've kind of had to lower my expectations a bit. You know, that pesky pressure you put on yourself to be perfect? I've had to ...
Motherhood
So….
It's about sixty degrees outside. Each of my small ones decided to take a different nap time today. When's mine? Daffodils are blooming. And, my little ones keep picking them to bring them in for me...which leads to a bit of a problem. Outside, they are beautiful. Inside, they give me headaches and make me sneeze so I'm daily faced with how to throw them out with no one noticing. ...
The language of little ones….
I may have posted before about some of the precious things my oldest used to say...how she was afraid of "goats and bats" at Halloween...or that she used to use the "Moat and the Troll" to change television channels, but it's been a while since we've had the fun of learning language with a little one. Now that our toddler is growing and his vocabulary is expanding, the fun begins again. Here's ...
How do you know….
When to take your kids to the doctor? Seriously. If they are not running a raging fever, how do you know? My little ones have colds. Who doesn't right now? We've been to spring, almost summer and back in the last two weeks around here. My poor Japanese Magnolias are sporting rotten blooms thanks to this weekend's frost. I'm sneezing, kids are coughing, and the babies are pulling at their ...