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.
We went to the mall yesterday to combine a $15/50 coupon with a jean sale at Old Navy. After piling all the kids into the car, then out of the car and into the stroller, then through the mall doors that weren’t really created to accommodate double jogging strollers, I found that I hadn’t read the fine [...]
Filed under: The Funnies, The Mommy, The Ramblings on August 6th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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 »
1). The Logic: There was only one left. You can’t split a cupcake five ways. Problem solved. 2). The Illogic: The kids didn’t finish their milk. I didn’t want to throw it out, and I wasn’t in the mood for milk. Problem solved. 3). The Stretch: The counters were too cluttered. Problem solved. 4). The [...]
Filed under: Just for Fun, The Funnies on August 2nd, 2010 | 4 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 »
So recently, I started to get concerned that perhaps Benjamin thinks Christmas is only for Snobrods and other such luxuries we won’t let him get from the Wal-Mart check-out lane. (Or Meijer. Or Target. Or Amazon.com) (Yes, he frequently requests that we search for Cars characters on Amazon.com. He’s so much like me, it’s scary.) [...]
Filed under: The Benjamin, The Funnies on October 27th, 2009 | 5 Comments »
You will laugh. You will cry. Because you are laughing SO HARD. Enjoy! And on a more serious note, a ballad on the Jim/Pam romance:
Filed under: The Funnies on June 3rd, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Olivia: Watch Veggie Tales now? Me: No, let’s watch it later, when Michael (the boy I watch) is grumpy. Michael: [Starts screaming] Olivia: Michael grumpy now!
Filed under: The Funnies, The Olivia on May 8th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My head is spinning, my knees are weak, and my hands can’t stop shaking. I feel as though I just ran a mile. Or five. How many calories does one really good adrenaline burst burn anyway? Where to start… We were in Olivia’s room. Reading books. I thought I smelled smoke, but passed it off [...]
Filed under: The Funnies on March 31st, 2008 | 17 Comments »
Bad squirrel. Bad. In all fairness, though, Olivia did leave her babydoll outside. For many hours. With bread stuffed in her mouth.
Filed under: The Funnies, The Squirrel on March 21st, 2008 | 9 Comments »
And, because potty training is FUNNY, here are a few stories from the past few days. … … … … … … … … Over Josh’s spring break, we went to visit his family in Missouri. They have new carpet. Olivia is potty training. We were understandably worried and on edge. We’re all in the [...]
Filed under: Potty-Training, The Funnies, The Olivia on March 19th, 2008 | 7 Comments »
