Mommy Moment

Josh and I were having a conversation in the car.  It was either yesterday or the day before.  Or the day before that.  The days tend to blur together. Anyway, we were talking.  I had some point I was trying to get across. Meanwhile, in the back, Benjamin was chorusing, “Mommy.  Mommy.  Moooooooommy.  Mommy!” I [...]

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Pleading for Perfection

I don’t know exactly when my life changed. I don’t know when I lost control. When the stress started mounting. When I started yelling more. Loving less. I woke up one morning and didn’t like my life anymore. The children were fighting, screaming, crying, clinging, smothering.  I couldn’t demand obedience.  Not even if I screamed. [...]

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Arguing With A Three-Year-Old Over Shorts

(Benjamin comes out in jeans on a day where the high is over 80 degrees) Me: Benjamin, it’s too hot for jeans, go put shorts on. Benjamin: No! Me: Yes!  It’s too hot for jeans!  You need shorts! Benjamin: No! Me: (thinking: I am NOT washing those jeans AND shorts when he realizes how hot [...]

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The Absolute Best Sound in the World

Yesterday, my day started at 5:30.  Hill runs at 6, play date at the zoo at 10, lunch with Daddy at noon.  And I had three loads of laundry and a day’s worth of dishes to fit in there somewhere, as well.  By the time I got home, it was after 2pm and I was [...]

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What I Love About My Three-Year-Old Boy

He is very logically minded.  I adore listening to his reasoning and arguments. He has a fantastic memory.  He is always surprising me with details he recalls from the past.  They do take awhile to figure out, though, as he refers to everything that happened before today as “last night”. He watches out for his [...]

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The Day After Mother’s Day Slump

I had a fantastic Mother’s Day. Really, probably the best ever. I didn’t cook a single meal or wash a single dish. I got my bike fixed.  We got a basket for Lucy.  Then we went for a family bike ride. (Josh had Levi in a bike seat in the front and Benjamin in a [...]

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The Marathon I Was Trying To Sprint

Ever notice how when you get really involved in a hobby it starts leaking into all aspects of your life?  Like how you explain the way you see your children? I’ve been purposely introspective lately about how I see my children, how I treat my children, how I discipline my children, how I reward my [...]

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The Three-Year-Old Stutter

Is it just my family? Olivia did the same thing when she was three.  I’m glad because I don’t have to wonder if Benjamin’s will go away. For both of them, when they turned three, their little minds started working faster than their tiny tongues could carry out thoughts-turned-words. Just another patience building exercise for [...]

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Aspirations of Patience

I know you want Hawaii pictures.  But believe it or not, it’s easier and faster to spit out written posts than to choose, edit, resize, upload, arrange, and caption picture posts.  I am working on it.  Promise. ———————————————————— When I woke up this morning, I was in a good mood.  I went for a run. [...]

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Splish-Splash, A Green Tea Bath

He was playing with his toys in the corner of the room the last time my heavy eyes slid closed. The next time they jerked open was when I realized whatever dream I was enjoying should not have included such wet noises. Painfully ripped from blissful unconsciousness, I saw my eight-month old standing inches from [...]

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