Little Miss Embarrassment
My daughter has been saying some horrifying things lately. She doesn’t seem to realize how awful she sounds and how much I want to run and hide. Her birthday party is in a few days. We had to choose...
View ArticleThank you, Captain Obvious
Maybe it’s because I am already suffering from sleep deprivation and a decrease in patience due to frequent middle of the night bathroom breaks or the fact that my husband has turned into a human...
View ArticleOur birth story, Mckinley Lynn
I have never before documented my children’s births. I’m not sure why. Here is some of my birthing background so you can understand where I have been and how far I have come. It all started with A....
View ArticleOh Tylenol, when will you ever learn?
Today my 2 year old son was stung by a wasp. When he first started crying I thought he had just bit his tongue but very quickly realized that wasn’t what had happened when his lip and cheek started to...
View ArticleIn pursuit of huh?
“Don’t you mean ‘In Pursuit of Happiness?’” “Is there some sort of secret meaning? An inside joke?” I have been asked about the name of the blog on many occasions. No, I didn’t leave out ‘happiness’....
View ArticleBah, humbug!
It is December 15. Ten days until Christmas and we don’t have a tree or any other decorations up as a matter of fact. Maybe my husband and I are both fighting a little bit of depression but this is...
View ArticleParenting Hell
This month I took a trip to my own personal parenting hell. For the first time in the almost 9 years I have been a parent, I am looking at reaching out for help because my husband and I are stumped....
View ArticleIgnorace is apparently bliss
Our eldest son is in grade 3. He has attended school with pretty much the same group of kids for four years. This is why a letter sent home to parents was so upsetting to me. This letter was sent...
View ArticleGet me out of this snowy hell – Part 1: San Diego
My husband was asked to attend a conference at the beginning of April in Phoenix. It was apparently not going to be kid friendly so we turned it down initially then my wonderful mother juggled around...
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