When I was pregnant with Samantha, I had all these ideas floating around my mind about how amazing parenting was going to be. I had visions of children in white dresses and neat ribbons in their hair, running through lush green meadows chasing bubbles and laughing. These children would fall, never crying and never dirtying their clothes. I had very Mayberry type dreams about the grand life of a parent. Then she was born. And she didn’t sleep through the night and she didn’t like vegetables and she cried, sometimes for no reason. And I got some sense knocked into [...]
Bubble Bath
We’ve had some sick going around here. Samantha’s school is a petri dish. Last week, there were only 9-11 kids in the class each day out of 22. Samantha only missed Friday, but had a fever and headache Thursday night through Sunday morning. On Tuesday, Penny came home from school with a fever and general clingy-ness. She even willingly took a nap. That’s sick for sure. One thing I’m trying to teach my girls is how to be good to themselves and take care of themselves. So when they’re sick, I’ve been letting them have alone, hot bubble baths. (Usually [...]
A Survey: Please take it
Hello there, It’s come to my attention that I’m getting close to my two year blogeversary and I thought it would be a good time to assess where this blog is and where it’s going, what you guys like, what you don’t like. So, I made a quick little survey and I would love if you would take the time to answer the questions and give me some feedback. I want to make this site something you enjoy reading and look forward to, and not just a blog in your reader that you skip over. Thanks so much for your [...]
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