Ah yes. The long arduous process of transforming baby boys into men. "I need you to play with your little brother so I can make dinner..." "But are you going to pay me?" "Nope. Not gonna do that." "So then, what do I get after? Video games?" "Nope. You get dinner tonight and clean socks... Continue Reading →

I don't have my own amazon account, but my husband sure does, with the fancy prime shipping and everything... and his account is always logged in on my computer. It's easier than one click ordering, it's like half a click and he gets notified by e-mail that his card has been charged. I know, I'm... Continue Reading →

"Don't spin the chair! Look how you've ripped the whole back of it against the fireplace? This is such a special one, come on guys..." The thing is though, once big brothers do a new demonstration, little brothers will eventually engage as well. And so the toddlers also took their turn spinning that chair around and... Continue Reading →

These are the phrases that come out of my mouth, and my brain must be thinking way back to the years when we used to just grab our keys and wallets and run out the door. "I just have two errands to run, we should be able to conquer that in an hour and make... Continue Reading →

The littlest brother right there? He's wearing the first pair of shoes we ever bought for my oldest son. You know, the little brown leather ones with the Velcro, that were most certainly going to make him trip less and run faster. "These tiny shoes cost $50?" I remember my husband asking rather incredulously. I... Continue Reading →

We often get people who stop and ask the same questions: "Are they all yours?!" "Were you trying for a girl?" "Did you do that on purpose?" Sometimes all of the questions can feel repetitively annoying, and all strangers seem oblivious to the fact that my children can hear them... But it also seems that... Continue Reading →

If you had told me before I had children that one day I would be taking four of them down to a swimming pool on a regular basis, and ALSO returning home with four of them; I would have laughed in your face. If you had told me that I would move into a two... Continue Reading →

Motherhood. It's hands down the most challenging, ridiculous, beautiful, and rewarding thing I've ever done in my entire life. This the tranquil "before" photo taken at Sea World on our last vacation. The dolphin was all, "Hey guys." and did a little jump like he's supposed to do, because he's a dolphin... We just absolutely... Continue Reading →

"Sorry what?" I foolishly asked a toddler to repeat himself, knowing there was only a minuscule 12% chance that I had heard him incorrectly. "Mom, you're fat." He said as he stared at me with big round eyes. "That's not nice! Speak kind words! You say, Mom, you're beautiful." I rambled back. And now play... Continue Reading →