Posts in Bedtime, Books, Kids, Motherhood

Bedtime

May 15th, 2012 — Bedtime, Books, Kids, Motherhood

Fiona’s bedtime is a bittersweet experience for me, every single day. On one hand, it will be the end of all the chasing, the shooing her out of the dog’s water bowl, the Hot. Hot. Hot! warnings near the stove, the reading of the same 5 books over and over until I’m sure my eyes… Continue reading →

Not All The Same.

May 14th, 2012 — Beliefs, Breastfeeding, Family, Homeschool, Kids, Motherhood, Stay-At-Home

Admittedly, I take longer to process my thoughts and feelings than some. The controversial Time Magazine cover came out last week, and at first, all I could do was seethe. No, not because there’s a breast on the cover. GASP. Not because there’s a non-baby attached to that breast. No, it was because I am… Continue reading →

Oblivion Tastes Good, But Oh, the Shame

February 9th, 2012 — Kids, Motherhood, Shenanigans

How is it that one can have such wildly varied emotions in the course of 15 minutes? I got the kids to bed, fell asleep for a blissful 30 minute nap while rocking Fiona to sleep, and then was so exhausted and emotional about the state of my day, that I could think of nothing… Continue reading →

Homebodies

December 13th, 2011 — Books, Family, Motherhood, Stay-At-Home, The Homestead

I’m not normally one to brag, but this is just too good not to share. Today, I left the house. With all 3 kids. Impressed? Well, maybe you’re not, but I am. I haven’t accomplished this feat in weeks. I’ve had some serious conditional agoraphobia. The condition being that I would only leave the house alone…. Continue reading →

Why Can’t Every Day Be Like Today?

December 5th, 2011 — Family, Food, Homeschool, Kids, Motherhood, The Homestead

Or should I say, why can’t I be like this every day? I was, how do you say….ON IT, today. We successfully got through everything I planned in school. I delegated some stuff to the kids (like switching out loads of laundry), which helped out immensely. They did it, mostly without grumbles. They watched Howl’s… Continue reading →

The Day That Just Kept Going

November 18th, 2011 — Husband, Kids, Motherhood

Oy. Today started at 6 am and was never-ending. The baby woke up earlier than usual and was just up. There would be no luring her back into the warm, delicious folds of sleep. I had already left the older kids a note assigning them some cleaning to do (we were expecting company later), so I… Continue reading →

Why Make 1 Big Change When You Can Make 6?

September 12th, 2011 — Family, Homeschool, Motherhood

So goes my motto these days. Did you miss me? I’ve been a busy bee and this may be my last post for another span of months and I won’t feel the least bit guilty because I’ll be busy. Alternately cleaning something, coding something, teaching someone, drinking coffee or maybe sleeping. But probably not. Since… Continue reading →

Missing All That ‘Free’ Computer Time…

July 13th, 2011 — Family, Motherhood, Stay-At-Home

You know, back when I was gainfully employed at a full-time desk job? Yeah. These days, I have yet to find a rhythm that allows me to care for the kids and find any time to get on the computer most days. At least not before about 9 pm. And then work calls. Thus, Ye… Continue reading →

Day 4 – Surprisingly Excellent

June 16th, 2011 — Kids, Motherhood, Video

Not that I didn’t have to raise my voice occasionally – these kids are perpetually high, I swear. But it was mostly smooth sailing. We worked on some presents for Father’s Day. We had leftover pizza for lunch. We even watched Free Willy (Don’t hate. It’s a classic!) They played outside in the yard a… Continue reading →

Days 2-3: Bad Then Better

June 15th, 2011 — Family, Motherhood, Shenanigans, Stay-At-Home

I’m not going to sugarcoat it. Yesterday effing sucked. I found myself questioning this WHOLE thing. What the hell was I thinking, assuming I could handle this staying at home with the (3) kids business? I was drowning, fast. We had to get out of the house and it had to be immediately. So I… Continue reading →