Before I had kids getting dressed was a breeze. It involved very little forethought. Just two questions really. 1) “What’s the weather like?” and 2) “What do I feel like wearing today?” It really was quite simple. Fast forward a few years and a few kids later and things have become decidedly more complicated. Where getting dressed once came […]
Little Reminders + Choosing Joy
Some days choosing joy as a mama is a struggle. Actually…if I’m being completely honest here, it’s a struggle most of the time. It’s not that I don’t love my children or that I don’t count them as one of my life’s greatest blessings, but being a mom is just really, freaking hard sometimes. I’ve shared a little […]
On Connecting and My Happy Place
The wise John Lennon once said, “All you need is love,” but that was before the advent of the Internet. Now more accurate lyrics might be, “All you need is love…and a good Wi-Fi signal.” Sometimes I wonder what we ever did before the Internet? I mean, I suppose I do remember, but sometimes it seems like such a […]
Janky First Aid + 10 Grown-Up Things I Should Probably Do
When you’re a kid you want to be a grownup sooooo badly. You lament the ridiculousness of following your parents rules and can’t wait for the day when you’ll be a full-fledged grownup yourself so you can do awesome grownup things…like eating ice cream for dinner and staying up late and buying whatever you want. […]
Making Special Moments in the Midst of Chaos
Making the decision to have a third child was one of the most wonderful/insane choices we have ever made. Let’s start with the insane. It is never (and I mean never) quiet. My big kids only have one volume: loud and when there’s a fussy baby added to the mix the noise level hovers somewhere around […]