It’s bedtime. The kids have brushed their teeth. Peanut has used the potty; Monkey is in his jammies. It’s Peanut’s turn to get in her jammies and then it’s reading time. In 20 or so minutes all will be quiet and Mommy and Daddy can have time alone, or so I think…
Can You Have a Clean House with Toddlers?
It’s one of those weeks. You know, where you look around your house and say, “What in the world happened? Did a tornado hit?” I know that my house will never be one of those pictures from a magazine. I’m okay with that. I mean, people actually LIVE in my house… But sometimes the clutter […]
The Present Man
Each day when I rock my son to sleep for his nap I give my 3 year old daughter something quiet to do at the kitchen table. Sometimes its coloring with markers, sometimes its a puzzle, sometimes its listening to a book recording… Once my son is asleep, I join her in the activity. Today, […]
Ending the Terrible Two’s with a Bang
With my birthday having been this week (Am I really that old?), I can’t help but think back to our last birthday in the household – my 3 year old daughter’s… I believe Peanut spent the entire week before her 3rd birthday pulling out all the terrible two tricks she could. It was […]
There’s Just One Mommy
It’s11:30, and the kids are amusing themselves peacefully in their rooms for once. Here’s my chance; I’m going to make lunch. The refrigerator door opens and I start to pull out lunch meat and cheese slices. Whoah! Where did they all come from??? Suddenly I am surrounded. My son is pointing and grunting […]
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