I love clean. I live better in clean. But since I became a mom, I have a hard time keeping clean. Its just hard to squeeze in between nap time, mealtime, playtime and do it at a safe time where Coop won't get into all the cleaner. I have heard of people doing cleaning schedules before, but never tried it. I thought I would never have a ... View the Post
Warp speed Christmas.
Am I the only one that feels like Christmas is running around me like a banchi? I mean seriously. What happened to the time?I felt like we were talking about the holidays for forevers, then once Thanksgiving hit, its been mad.I guess going to NY to visit the in-laws twice, a quickie NYC Anniversary trip and preparing my house for 13 people here for ... View the Post
2 year old kid shopping craziness.
Nothing really prepares you for shopping with kids. Once you have kids, you will begin to savor every solo errand run like its a weekend vacation. Why? Because shopping with your kid goes like this.Our first stop yesterday was Joanns. Coop was good to start. Hanging in the cart, reading a book on how to perfect cupcakes. I was picking out some ... View the Post
Ewww. Not me!
I thought it would never happened to me. I thought we'd passed that stage. He's almost potty training. He never even took his own diaper off. Then, at dinner time, he ran to me yelling "pasta and sauce, mommy!" Proud of all those words, I leaned down to give him a big hug. He threw his arms around me.Arms that were covered in POOP. Poop on his ... View the Post
Vacations, Holidays and In-laws.
These things leave me clueless. Swapping families every other Christmas is reasonable. Normal. Then what? Do you keep track of visits? Hours? Do the hours count when its just mommy and kiddos and not the whole family? No one told me that I should have gotten a family visit plan in a contract before the wedding. {Just like no one told me that I ... View the Post
Lost.
4 weeks and 4 days. That's how long we've been living in our new house sans internet, phone and TV and I seriously miss y'all.Tomorrow we are supposed to be getting DirecTV hooked up, but I won't believe it until I see the Real Housewives on my screen! We've been given 3 different phone numbers, one of which I found out belonged to a guy named ... View the Post