The rain is falling down, flooding my yard. Washing out my desire to accomplish anything good. It is wetting my mood and flooding my mind. With the splish splash and a pitter patter on my panes.I have a list of chores to do, my jobs as described, organized and hung for all to see. I want [...]
With three children so close together, I feel like I am dealing with issues with each of them all of the time, no break in sight. Megan now has issues going to bed and staying asleep, Sarah has her whining and hair twirling to drive me batty, and Katie has obvious sleep issues along with [...]
I am a stay at home mom. My job is to spend quality time with my children. Period. That is the point of being a stay at home mom after all, isn't it? And though it is a good thing and 97.685% of the time, I am happy to spend this time with my children, [...]
In July of 2009, I had my third daughter, Megan. She blended into the family without much ado. A sweet, tiny, soft baby we nicknamed Squishy. Though adding nursing, how to handle three young girls and adjusting to even less sleep, was tough, it seemed as if she belonged here, knew she was third and [...]
I question my parenting skills on a daily basis. Really, I do. I know there are some things I do really well - like avoidance - and things I do really horribly - like maintain some sort of order. But, in general, I fight the battles in the privacy of my own home with only friends and [...]
One of my most worrisome issues when I was an expectant Mother was the breastfeeding. I was pregnant with my first, researching and picking the brains of other mothers until they wanted to run, covering their breasts, far, far away from me. I scoured the internet, often finding new um... adult?... sites as I went, [...]
I was on my way home this afternoon, exhausted by a severe lack of sleep, feet aching from working the consignment sale all morning that has consumed my last few weeks, when I came to the light before my neighborhood. In my tired fog, I caught a glimpse of a horse, happily munching away on [...]
I am sitting here on a Thursday evening eating white bread and butter - teach me to be too busy to go to the store - listening to my children repeat Spanish words to Dora on command. Wondering why they can't seem to follow my instructions, I feel a bit sad that a cartoon character with a monkey [...]
I sit here on a Saturday, early afternoon, listening only to the teen flick movie that I am not embarrassed to say, I am actually choosing to watch. It is about a bunch of teen aged cheerleaders and brings back memories of my cheer leading days. Probably my last good years before I decided my [...]
First off, let me express my deep gratitude to all who read my blog. I am truly honored to have so many who enjoy following me here! As many of you know, I have decided to use my blog to create a website called adayinmotherhood.com. It is in it's infancy and is definitely a work [...]
There are few days in mothering that surprise me anymore. I expect the unexpected, brace for the surprises and tell myself day after day that I will not go into a conniption when something odd happens. It gets me through and that is my goal each and every day.Yesterday, however, was one of those days where [...]
There are few things I dread more than packing up my kids and taking them out in public. They are cute kids, their unbiased Mother types, don't get my wrong. But they are 4, 2 and 1 and a diva, a whiner and a determined little cookie. And these kids are a lot of work [...]
