You know when your morning starts off on the wrong foot and you’re certain the entire day is shot because of it? That happened this morning. Joshua and Emma woke up at 6 and it was immediately clear that they had alllllllllllll the energy. (How do kids do that? How do they wake up going…
peaceful in this moment
Hoarding peace
Today was a good day. Not because it was spectacular but because it was normal. Both kids slept well last night which means I slept well last night. The smell of hot coffee called to me from the kitchen. We played and then Emma napped and it was just calm. Peaceful. The kind of morning…
Happy Mother’s Day to Me, too
Today has been one of those days I dream of having. Storybook. The kind of day I don’t think I deserve. Today has been a day of me, not in the sense that I’ve been indulged in my every whim (though I have been indulged. Hello, TOMS <3 Moms shoes that I might sleep in…
For my mother
I wouldn’t be a mother without my mother. Obviously. I wouldn’t know what it means to BE a mother without MY mother. Without her example, I wouldn’t know that sometimes we have to do whatever job we can to feed our children. I’m thankful to have a job I love (most of the time) when…
Always be my baby
I realized today as I was talking to my bestie Erin that the updates about Joshua’s goings-on have been slim around here. Mama Fail for that. Not quite sure what happened there since the title of this blog indicates that I should be talking about mom-ming. Anyway. Recently, “gos” have become “gohfees.” (Goldfish for those…