Basic, Never Boring
Throughout my entire pregnancy, the plan was for me to go back to work around the 8-week mark after delivering our son. He arrived and the countdown began. A few weeks before I was set to return; a job presented itself which allowed me to work from home. I count my blessings every day that…
When I first had kids, I had these expectations for how my parenting experience would look. I would have this wonderful robot of a husband. He would do exactly what I needed him to do, without communicating my needs. He would never have a bad day. He would be ever present and perfect.
I’m making this list to tell you to take a vacation without your kids. I say this not to discourage you from still also vacationing with the little ones in tow because I do enjoy that too. But, I recently went away for a long weekend with my husband and it was SO SO refreshing!…
My husband and I love books. It was only natural that we would take every opportunity to cultivate the same attitude towards books in our children. There is a big difference between teaching your children how to read and teaching them to love reading. For example, someone could know how to read, but hate it…
We take care of a lot of things as mothers and usually taking care of ourselves is not something close to the top of the list. When we are happier, we are better mothers! We all know that children are capable of picking up on our habits, so we might as well show them good…
The first time I heard about The CW’s Riverdale was from my dad. He asked me; “Hey, have you heard about that new ‘Archie’ show?” I hadn’t. The second time was a suggestion from Netflix following a particularly impressive binge of 13 Reasons Why. Finally, it came up again when talking to my kids’ 14…
Awhile back, I wrote a piece about expectations matching up to reality. You might recall my example of my husband expecting dinner ready each night by a certain time and our timelines not quite matching up {like at all}. Then, a few weeks after I wrote that post, my brother-in-law was talking about a book,…
For me, as soon as the mayhem of Christmas wraps up, I have about a week until I begin thinking about my son’s birthday. He’s about to turn 4 in early March, and the idea of throwing yet another birthday soiree has, unfortunately, soured me over the years. See, I went over the top for…
Becoming a mother has been my favorite journey so far. It’s also been the hardest. I don’t think anything can fully prepare you for becoming a mother. My son, Weston, will be two here before I know it and I couldn’t have ever imagined how fast goes.
Since the dawn of my days of adulthood, I have prided myself on being punctual. I don’t know if it’s out of respect for whomever we are meeting or if it’s to avoid the total panic attack I usually have when we are even 5-minutes late. I was a band kid in High School and…