Dear Miranda, If you’re reading this, it means that this has not been your finest day or week as a mother. Your children probably haven’t slept. No amount of concealer can adequately cover the bags under your eyes. All of you are tired. You and Dan find yourselves snapping at each other over silly things…
Life
Emma, 5 months
So, Emma turned 5 months old on Sunday. I had to paint her onesie that morning while Joshua sang “Secret Agent Oso” songs to himself over the monitor and I’m three days late in posting this update. It sucks to be the second child, apparently. The details: No teeth. Lots of cranky. So, my boobs…
(Not) Back to school
It feels like the entire world went back to school today. (Around here, students and teachers have been back for a month and are about to have their first week break thanks to a modified year-round school calendar. Totally awesome until the summer.) Except not me. I didn’t go back to school. Right now, I’m…
Gratitude is the best therapy
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that yesterday got off to a rough start. I was touched out before 9:00 a.m. thanks to a teething baby who wouldn’t take a nap and a preschooler who wanted ALL THE THINGS. And when I finally got her to sleep and took a shower, Joshua woke…
One Year Ago
The lovely Veronica has a link-up happening right now that I think is really fun. Particularly because of what I’m linking you back to. The idea is to link to a post or put up a photo or discuss a moment from exactly one year ago today as a way to see where you are…