I Want to Throw Up
School is already causing so many headaches for me, I don’t even know what to do anymore. (Side note: thank you so much to the …
Out of the Mouth of Babes Part 12
My five-year-old puts something in his mouth. Immediately makes a face, spits it out, and asks me what it is. “What? I don’t know? Why …
The Baby Tribe
I’m going to call my three youngest children my ‘baby tribe’ from now on, I think. For instance, we decided to go in the pool. …
Party Pooper
I had concocted this awesome brainchild of an idea to “party” to celebrate my son’s first day in Kindergarten. This entailed party hats, blowers, and …
The Other Room
The “other room” is empty right now. “Where’s bruver (brother)?” Usually my reply is Oh, he’s in the other room, baby. Today, that’s not my …
Husband’s Post – Adventures in Getting to Work
Our five-year-old son is a video game addict. Whenever a video game is on-screen, even if he isn’t playing it, he loses all mental capacity …
Kindergarten Freak Out
I am literally a nervous ball of mom sitting here, chomping on my nails, hoping I don’t throw up in the principal’s office. Today is …
Kids Strange Sleeping Positions, Take Two
My children have a talent for falling asleep wherever and whenever, in the oddest of positions, there’s no denying that fact. (Recall my ninja-like skills, …
Adventures with Spiders 4AM-Style
Hacking. Coughing. Hacking some more. My poor, newly-five-year-old dude was just coughing his brains out. So I’m up, stumbling to the kitchen quickly, trying to …
My Super Hero’s 5th Birthday
Valentine’s Day 2004 I sent my husband off to war. Five-months pregnant, crying kids in tow, I waddled my way to my seemingly empty car, …
Boys Will Be Boys… And Gentlemen
Boys will be boys, with their super heroes, soccer and football games, and rough playing. But every so often, when you least expect it, you …