This week Abbi’s class will be celebrating 100 days of school. One hundred days! One hundred days of getting up and busting through our routine in hopes of making it out of the house by 8am. One hundred days of making our 20 minute commute to school. One hundred kisses. One hundred good-byes. And still, [...]

Somewhere along the line I became old enough to have a kid who is loosing teeth. WHAT? About a month ago Abbi told me she had a loose tooth. We just so happened to be visiting the dentist that day and she assured me that the very slightly wiggly tooth would be hanging on for [...]

Mom! But I just want to add it to my collection! This is the pleading I hear from my 6 year old on an almost daily basis. Her collection. A collection of things the girl refuses to part with. And her collection is starting to concern me. Abbi has always been sentimental. She has an amazing memory [...]

Let’s face it, there are so many things that suck about solo-parenting. When you are used to having someone there, in the trenches with you, even the smallest battles can seem huge when you’re battling on your now for a few days. And, while I could focus on all those things that suck, I thought [...]

Me: Abbi, please go wash your hands and face if you’re done eating. Her: Ok. Bathroom door shuts. Thirty seconds later, the door opens and she strolls out. Me: Abbi, did you wash your hands and face? Her: Yup!

When you have a baby at home, the Holidays can become a bit more….tricky. Whether you are prepping a big family dinner, setting out hors d’oeuvres for the party with your friends, or crafting with the older kids, it is inevitable that the baby is going to want to be one place — your arms! [...]

For all practical purposes, we are done having babies. Yes, I know that things can happen. I’ve heard the stories about your friend’s neighbor’s sister who got pregnant 10 years after they ‘thought’ they were done. But it would take an act of God or a big mistake on the urologist’s part for us to get [...]

I find it strangely ironic that, despite me being home with our kids ALL DAY EVERY DAY, they refuse to bless me with one simple reward: saying mama as their first word. Seriously? I feed them (multiple times a day), I bathe their stinkyness, I offer a smile as they puke all over me and themselves [...]

I feel very lucky that, through all three kids, we never had a problem with Tummy Time. All three of my kids actually liked Tummy Time. But I realize this is not always the case! I’ve heard the horror stories. It then becomes a catch-22. Baby hates it and cries the whole time but you [...]

After the first months of really sucking in the sleep department of life (as in he did not like to sleep, ever), Talon is turning out to be my best sleeper yet! Abbi was a good sleeper from the get-go, but pretty much had to be rocked to sleep. Putting her to bed while she [...]