Motherhood. The wonderful state of always being tired because you love those little humans sooo much. Also because I apparently don’t know how to go to bed early. I am my own worst enemy when it comes to getting sleep….well, and my kids do a wonderful job at justifying my large collection of under eye concealer. The past couple days …
Picking My Battles
I’ve come to realize motherhood is all about choosing your battles so you can win the war…or raise your kids right….yeah probably the 2nd one. Today has been a day of some potential scrimmages and a couple full out guts n’ glory battles. You want to wear your brothers PJ shirt backwards? Looking good kid. You want to play Power …
Rainy Day Activities
It is always a wonderful thing to see God answer prayers….and prayers for rain have been a common one around here. Even my boys have prayed for rain. Then God opened the Heavens and BAM! We have rain. The first day of rain after a dry spell is always so refreshing. I love the smell of freshly rained on cement …
The Pinterest-less Party
My sweet n’ spunky Cohen just turned two this past week (What?!) and we had a family party for him…and excuse my french but there was not one damn Pinterest pin to be seen. I didn’t hand craft his invitations out of home spun paper (gasp!) I didn’t have any educational, creative or elaborate games for the kids…we told them …
I said Yes…
While the littles napped, Liam came to me and sweetly asked if we could share a “cup of warm, not hot, cocoa.” My first thought was of the mess, the effort and the extra sugar that that would involve, but then I looked into my oldest’s sweet face and realized that my son wanted to spend a moment with me, …
Civil Engineer Road Tape for the boys
While shopping for the boys this past Christmas I came across this Civil Engineer Road tape on Amazon and thought it was a perfect stocking stuffer! My boys LOVE their cars (we have 185 Hotwheels alone) and driving them around very surface of our home is one of their favorite past times. So when I saw this actual ROAD tape, …