This paid post is brought to you by the new free Oral-B Disney Timer App as part of a Type-A Parent Community Sponsored Post. When we first discovered that Joshua had sensory issues with an oral aversion component, brushing his teeth became about more than just good dental hygiene. It was a way to break […]
A First Time For Everything
We made it almost 4.5 years before our first visit to children’s urgent care, so despite the fact that Josuha has a broken bone, I’d say we’ve done okay, right? Joshua’s first broken bone comes courtesy of a fall from the swing. While it wasn’t moving. He was sitting there waiting to be pushed and […]
Love What You Love
Joshua and I spend the morning drive to school talking. About anything and everything. Usually Sonic the Hedgehog or Toy Story. This morning’s conversation made my heart sink a little. “Mama, what song is this?” “This is the fairy godmother song from Cinderella.” “Mama, do you like Cinderella?” “I do.” “I like Lightning McQueen. Mama, you […]
The First of Many
Last night I buzzed around the house labeling and packing and organizing and picking out clothes. I fretted. I worried. I hoped. I thought about the past 4 years and looked ahead to the next 14. I remembered the car ride home from the hospital and how that was just yesterday, wasn’t it? I looked to […]
Joshua, Playground Protector
Joshua is kind of obsessed with super heroes. And by “kind of” obsessed, I mean super heroes hang the moon. It started with Spider-man and some books. He’d walk around the house shooting webs from his arms or pretending to be J. Jonah Jameson. Then he found Superhero Squad on Netflix. Since then, I’ve spent […]
I love you this much
Last night, I put Emma to bed a little early and had Joshua stay up a little late so that I could say goodnight to my best boy. I hugged him and we read a book and I hugged him some more. I gave him kisses. And then more hugs. And then more kisses. I […]
I’m not a (Hank) Player. I just crush a lot.
“Favorite t-shirts don’t come along very often, but if your drawer is filled with Hank Player, they’ll come along every day!” Okay, Boy Moms, back me up here. Finding clothes for the little man in your life can be difficult and limiting, right? It’s hard because I don’t want everything Joshua wears to have sports […]