Welp, I totally missed Lucy's birthday post this year. Which is kind of a mom fail but also a mom win because we were on vacation and I spent the whole day with her at the pool instead of writing something on my blog. So there's that. Anyway I was going to just skip the [...]
Welp, here we are again. Standing outside of the Picture People at Sears having a giant crying screaming tantrum. It's become an annual tradition and honestly I was little nervous this year that the kids were going to be old enough to behave and the whole ordeal would be simple, boring and totally un-blog-worthy. Hahahahahahaha. [...]
It’s hard to remember what life was like before. I mean it’s hard to remember what I ate for lunch today and where my kids are and who’s watching them so - it’s not surprising that I can’t remember things that happened 5, 6 and 7 years ago. But I’m pretty sure it was pretty [...]
Last weekend, against my better judgement, I went camping. I knew from the beginning it was going to be a total shitshow, because that's basically the definition of camping. But my husband was all - we're making memories with our kids - and I was all - we really can't afford to take them anywhere [...]
So I haven't written on here in forever. It's probably because I stopped going to therapy since I can't afford it (isn't America great?!) and so I'm way less self-reflective these days (which is a nice way of saying self-involved) and have been pretty much in maintenance (survival?) mode for the past 4 months. I [...]
Every year my sister-in-law and I take the kids to the mall for Christmas pictures. This is because we (or least I) am a self-hating narcissist. In the past we've made critical errors like attempting an outfit change during the session, scheduling the shoot during nap time, or taking the kids while they were toddlers. And [...]
This past week there was a wind storm in Maine. The always over-reacting meteorologists told us there would "definitely be power outages." Yada yada yada. So we filled up some water bottles, considered running the dishwasher, and then decided, nah - it's only half full. We dug out a flashlight or two, and then we [...]
I'm the least crafty person I know. Seriously, someone asked me if I made these adorable floral crowns the girls were wearing at Mia's party and I just laughed because, not if my life depended on it. But when it comes to birthday parties I get really into it. My mom always threw really crafty, [...]
Welp...here we go again. Four plus weeks without a peep over here in mommy blogger land. I'd like to say that it's because I've been busy wrapping presents and baking cookies and making homemade fudge (OMG neighbors please stop making me look bad! But also please don't stop bringing us fudge...k? I promise I'm making [...]
The drive home took three and a half hours. One and a half of which was spent leaning over the passenger seat picking up a dropped iPad, sock, water bottle - and feeding puffs one by one to a screaming baby. Dinner was no improvement. A rejected PB&J tossed casually into the trash, and threats [...]
Oh Baby Richards 