Category: A Mommy’s Life

I think the toughest part of parenting in America today is the task of raising responsible, respectful, self-motivated, morally strong people in a world where society won’t take any responsibility or role in helping.  I …

My children have this weird tendency when we get in the car: they talk.  A lot.  They never stop.  Ever (unless they fall asleep). Often the talking involves arguing and fussing at each other which …

Lately my life feels like a bad joke:  A complainer, an arguer and a questioner walk into a bar… Only the bar is my house and instead of walking in, they’re here ALL THE TIME …

I remember the hardest part of Sugarplum’s early days was the sleeping.  Waking every few hours, while exhausting, never really bothered me with Honeybun but with Sugarplum it was completely overwhelming.  I’d like to be able …

It seems like all I do lately is fight for space with this baby.  As soon as I get comfortable s/he gets uncomfortable and has to find a new place to be happy.  The problem …

Number one pet peeve right now in life?  Public Restrooms and a lack of respect for others.  Usually I’m the easy going type but I currently have a still new to pottying two year-old, a …

Our most recent airplane ride was a late one.  We took off at 5:30 pm and arrived at 10:50 pm (including a 2 hour time change, only a 3 ½ hour flight total).  My girls …

I’ve always been a tea lover.  I loved tea long before I even knew about coffee (I’ve been meaning to ask my mom when she started letting me drink tea…seems like I was very small …

My regular readers will undoubtedly know my family and I lived in Dublin, Ireland for a few years.  You’ll also know we really liked living there and miss it a lot since we returned to …

Weird fact:  We’ve lived in our house for over 8 months and have never filled a bath tub.  No, no, my children aren’t disgusting slobs of children who only get “clean” when it happens to …