I have two boys. I am a girl. Save for the occasional time they to pretend they’re carrying a purse, my two boys are ALL boy, ALL the time. As a girly girl, and the only girl in my house, I find a lot of their behaviors unrelatable. Summer is coming in hot (no pun…
The boys are no strangers to a road trip, whether it be a “quick” drive to O’Fallon (using the quotes because it’s still at least 5 hrs traveling with toddlers), or a long haul to Florida (which we have survived, twice). I don’t mean to brag, but I’d like to think that after logging what…
I haven’t written a post in a while because I have felt pretty uninspired lately. My creative juices just haven’t been flowing like they used to, and I’m attributing that to the twos–specifically my two who are two. Perhaps my creativity (and overall energy) is zapped because I spend the better part of my day…
I’m a sucker for a good life hack. Discover a trick to organizing shoes (to make more room for me to buy more)? I’m all ears. Uncover a ground-breaking way to make the laundry process more efficient? Lay it on me. Have a clever technique to fold the tortilla with all its contents perfectly? Let…
What’s your New Year’s resolution? Holy loaded question, right? Obviously mine is not publishing a blog post on the first of every month because it’s January 9th, and here we are. In my former life, I was a teacher. I set my goals at the beginning of the school year. The timing just felt right–new…
Last weekend, Ryan and I spent the night downtown for our annual day of Christmas shopping. What started as a casual, “hey let’s take the day off and go downtown for the hell of it,” when we were first dating, has turned into a tradition that I look forward to every Christmas. Maybe because, like…
I was almost six years old when my sister, Alexi (aka Flawless), was born. And I was pumped. I wanted a baby sister like no other; wished on stars, asked Santa a few times, and even maybe used some of my birthday wishes when I blew out my candles, too. I mean, really, how lucky…
The days are long, but the years are short. How many times have we heard this as parents? I know the time flies by; it already is unfathomable that the boys are almost 2.5 years old. Which means they’re basically three…in which case, they might as well be teenagers studying for their driving tests and…
I took the boys to Target the other day. Before I go any further, let me paint that picture for ya. Well, first, I would be out of my mind if I let both boys walk on their own (it would take forever and I don’t want them to ruin the sanctity of Target for…
In our first ultrasound, the nurse nonchalantly said, “there are two babies in there!” Holy cow. My excitement and elation eventually drifted into a mild panic as I turned to Ryan and said, “Oh my god, we’re going to need so many things. Where do we even start?” We were wading into uncharted territory here,…
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