I have always wanted to stay at home with my children. There are few things in life I have ever been so sure of. This could stem from myself never having to go to daycare or a sitter. I grew up at home, with my mom and my three siblings. It is the only life I knew. It was a good life. My husband also grew up at home, with his mom, and his two siblings. We were on the same page. We both wanted me to be able to stay at home with our children. Obviously, we envisioned having a lot ...
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Growing Pains
On Saturday we were lucky enough to get a date night. My parents watched the kids while the husband and I ate a delicious dinner and caught a movie. My parents adore my children and they have an awesome relationship with one another. My sweet little Quinn who just turned three in October wasn't getting his way. To make a long story short, Gigi (my mom) told him to turn off something he shouldn't have been watching, but wanted to watch. Quinn told her, "I don't love you ...
Waiting for Someday
Growing up my mom use to always say, "Don't wish your days away". Don't worry, I didn't grow up wishing my days away, but if I said, "I wish it were Friday!", or "I can't wait until the weekend!" or "I just wish this exam was over!" that is what my mom would tell me. She is a very wise woman. I think as a kid time doesn't carry the same weight as it does when you are an adult. Then you become a mom and time is literally on hyperdrive. I started this blog right after having my second child and ...
Boys Build Forts (or have their moms do it for them)
Boys will be boys. Really, they will. We didn't even use the word gun for the first three years of Quinn's life and he called it a "blaster thing". He didn't have one so he turned Mr. Potato Head's fire extinguisher into one. There is no way around it. Quinn is all boy and all energy. Wisconsin winters can be tough when there is lots of energy and nowhere for it to go. We all know how much Quinn loves building with my pillows (which you can read about here, here and here). He also loves ...
Birthday Treat (printable)
Today is my birthday. I am twenty-nine! Wow! Twenty-nine! When you are a kid birthdays are just a celebration. When you are an adult they become a marker of time that force you look back and reflect on your life. I don't know if this is because my birthday falls so close to New Years or if all people reflect on their life and make plans for the years to come. My last year of my twenties! Man, the twenties were full of all sorts of amazing firsts. I met my husband weeks after I turned twenty. ...