Parenting
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Why Moms Take All the Pictures
While we were at the beach over Christmas, Chris and I tried to get a picture together. Unfortunately, our arms weren’t long enough, so this is what the picture looked like: Totally frame-worthy,…
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From the Trenches of Motherhood
I’M REPORTING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE TRENCHES OF MOTHERHOOD! IT IS 4:38AM! I HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM MY POSITION IN MY OWN BED BY A TWO-YEAR-OLD HAVING NIGHTMARES! I WOULD LIKE THE…
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So, Then That Happened
On my birthday morning, I woke up to Chris and the kids singing “Happy Birthday” to me. I thought, “This is worth getting a year older.” And then, as soon as the song…
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Christmas 2013: Part Two
This is the second part of a two-part series about gifts we are getting the kids this year for Christmas. Be sure to check out Part One for more ideas. Aside from all…
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Christmas 2013: Part One
This year, I tried something new with my Christmas shopping. I spent September and October buying all the kids presents. I am basically finished with their Christmas now, which leaves me the month…
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Chalk, Tattle-Telling, and Volume Control
Having kids provides hours of entertainment. HOURS. Especially at the ages Bean and Gracie are right now. Bean is four and he is awesome at it. He asks questions around the clock these…
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Pass Momma the Margarita
Tonight, Chris ended up working later than he already thought he was going to work. Which was really his loss because it was taco night, and our fiesta waits for no one. I…
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Oh. Em. Gee.
A few weeks ago, we were grocery shopping in Walmart and ran into one of Bean’s friend’s from school named Sophia. Her mom mentioned that they were getting ready to have a birthday…
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The Happy Delinquent
Every night at dinner, we ask the kids how their days at school were. They each get the chance to tell us what they did, who they played with, and what they learned.…
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History Sometimes Repeats Itself
Friday afternoon, my mom came down to pick up the kids and take them to her house for the weekend. Chris and I were overworked, overstressed, and in need of some down time…
