Monthly Archives: February 2009

soap bubbles

The other night I strug­gled to get my daugh­ter to go to sleep. I feel like I’ve let her down. Get­ting her to go to sleep is such a pain in my ass. She didn’t want to nap that day, … Con­tinue read­ing

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Holiday Humbug

We’re not hol­i­day peo­ple. I like to think that I’m a hol­i­day per­son but in real­ity I’m not. When it comes to Hal­loween, I think your lit­tle Pump­kin or Gob­lin are adorable, but find­ing cos­tumes for my tod­dlers and get­ting … Con­tinue read­ing

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wasting time on feeling guilty

My hus­band is tak­ing care of the kids today as he does every Mon­day. I got a call from him this morn­ing. He’s still feel­ing sick and nei­ther of the kids were nap­ping. The boy wan­ders over to the kitchen … Con­tinue read­ing

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