I just got a comment on my most recent blog post that has inspired a post of its own. Inspiration really is everywhere, isn’t it. I sort of feel like I am in a deodorant commercial. You know dancing and frolicking in a meadow. Anywho… The…
There has been some talk in our home about having a third baby. Basically, it’s a thought. I feel like I would really like another child. There is just this really odd feeling inside me, probably my uterus, that feels like our family isn’t quite…
Remember when Whirlwind wanted to marry her brother? Well, she is not over that. She is still very determined. “But, not now Mommy, ” she said. “When he is bigger like Daddy.” And because I didn’t want her to have a complete and utter meltdown…
I am always shocked by what parents deem to be okay. I have a friend with an eight year old son. She always supervises him while he is in their unfenced front yard. In fact, she won’t even leave him in their front yard…
We have a house cleaner. I know, I know. We are so very la-tee-dah. I’m surprised that I even talk to you people. *eye roll* For me its worth it for a million reasons. Reason #1, I have a real tendency to beat myself up…
You know who is really annoying? First time parents. Okay, calm down, before you get your panties all in a knot, I want you to know that I am also including myself in this generalization. Now, before I lump all of us in the same category…
I don’t get it. We don’t have guns in the house. We don’t hunt. We aren’t police officers. We don’t have toy guns or water guns. We don’t watch television shows with guns. How do little boys learn this? Are they born with some sort…
During my first few days of taking Radio Broadcasting in College, I will never forget the intense feeling of, “these people get me.” Their brains were also filled with useless information that no one else on the planet really gave a hot damn about. So,…
Recently our family was invited to a friends for supper and a hot tub. Whirlwind and this friend have a very special relationship. But there was that 0.01% time that I did not. You can read about it here. Any who… Whirlwind and I headed into…
Whirlwind has been really interested in marriage lately. Stupid Disney Princesses. On our way to dance class the other day, she announced for probably the 9th time in three days, that she wanted to marry her brother, Baby Bot. I told her, “You can’t marry…