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Christmas break has begun! Two weeks of pure Christmas bliss. Er, something like that. I expect happiness and tears. Lots of both to be exact. {Maybe from small people and big people!} Here’s how we plan on surviving. Schedules. Following our normal nap time and bedtime schedules. This is a pretty important key to survival. … Continue reading 7 tips to surviving the holiday vacation with small children
The foundation of parenting is sacrificing. I get that. My needs aren’t usually first. It’s a way of life so much that I find myself not doing anything for myself. I get my hair cut regularly but that’s it. And I’m not sure I count that as doing something for myself. 🙂 I’ve struggled so … Continue reading Making sacrifices
Saturday marked the first sleepover for Maximus! It was completely spontaneous and we were all unprepared. He didn’t want to come home with me from my parent’s house. We had no pajamas, no special blanket with a special tag, and no pull-up. He didn’t care about any of that. My mom found some pajamas and … Continue reading His first sleepover…kinda
Christmas was lots of fun this year. Maximus was really into it, especially the presents. They got to see Santa twice! Did you know that Santa lives at their daycare? Well, he does. Just ask Maximus. It took a while to convince Maximus that Santa would also be at the mall so we could go see him … Continue reading “Santa doesn’t want us to make a big mess, just a little mess.”
It’s not too often anymore that I get to fully experience baby snuggles. When I do, there’s nothing else in the world that matters. (Until Wrigley barks at Bryan and Maximus coming home and the snuggling abruptly comes to an end because Quinten is awake. #FreeDogtoGoodHome) I wish I could say that I’ll never forget … Continue reading Holding on and letting go of those baby snuggles
It was what got me most excited about having another boy. That brotherly love that I knew would happen some day. I hope it’ll last a lifetime and they’ll be really close, but whatever their relationship is I know it will be perfect. Something happened with Maximus when he turned three. He suddenly grew up … Continue reading Watching their brotherly love develop
It’s easy to see that every baby and child are different. That I expected. What I didn’t expect was my mental or emotional reaction to be different. I think I handled the transition from zero babies to one. It was a little difficult in the summer knowing that my friends were out doing fun things while I … Continue reading The ups and downs
I had the opportunity to sit next to Maximus tonight and just stare at his profile. I was in awe of his milky skin and soft features. I marveled at the fact that he is growing up so fast, but in that moment he looked so much like a baby. His features looked like they … Continue reading Brain dump: my boys, my night out, my ideas, and my days
Thank you to everyone who commented, talked to me in person, emailed me, Facebooked me, or sent me messages! You all have great suggestions for dealing with toddler tantrums. I thought I’d lighten things up a little and show you the other side of Maximus. Favorite activity: playing his drums and singing songs Favorite food: … Continue reading Toddler Tuesday
I see people talk about how three’s are worse than two’s. And then I wonder how I’ll survive the age of three. I rationalize with myself by convincing myself that Maximus started his three’s early. He’s got a couple more weeks of age two, but the unreasonableness has been going on for a while now. His moods … Continue reading Dealing with toddler tantrums