Have I mentioned yet how much time I have spent NOT enjoying summer ( Read more... )

Raising kids at different ages and stages is a challenge...and no matter what people say, it does NOT get easier as they get older and kids do NOT grow out of tantrums!

This is how I begin every single day....and how I end almost every single day.


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1)  This is what my calendar looked like last night.  This morning there have been about 15 new things added.  No joke.


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Sometimes life is so crazy that you fall asleep in your clothes and wake up the next day looking like this:


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Lionel Richie clearly was not living in my house when he wrote that song, because NO morning in my house is easy...not even Sunday ( Read more... )

I'm not really sure where the weekend went, except to say it involved a lot of kids' activities, spring cleaning and driving.

1)  Speaking of driving, I'm fairly certain that Kellan and Riss have spent at least 78% of their lives in the car.  From birth, both have been shuttled around to every practice, event, activity and game that their older ( Read more... )

Saturday was a blur of activity - soccer games, gymnastics, tennis meets ( Read more... )

Eliza just can't help herself...


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I've had a lot on my mind lately: personal stuff, household stuff, kid stuff.  It's a heavy burden to feel responsible for the well beings of so many people and things.  The way my head works, it's far too easy for me to get caught up in the moments and feel immediately overwhelmed.  I have a tendency to feel like I have to solve the problems of ( Read more... )

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