I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
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 [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Benjamin, The Funnies, The Mommy on August 4th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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. [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The God on July 8th, 2010 | 12 Comments »
(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 [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Benjamin, The Mommy on June 17th, 2010 | 6 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Mommy on May 22nd, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Benjamin, What I Love About My Kid on May 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Mommy on May 10th, 2010 | 15 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Motherhood on May 5th, 2010 | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Benjamin on April 30th, 2010 | 7 Comments »
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. [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The God, The Mommy on April 15th, 2010 | 8 Comments »
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 [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Funnies, The Levi, The News on March 17th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
