We’re home. We got in last night at around 11:30pm (after 3 days of driving 2,000km through 4 provinces). Marc’s old treeplanting buddy who lives in Ireland is in Winnipeg until Tuesday. So that meant that Marc set the alarm for 7am this morning to meet up with his friend for breakfast at 8am. (He [...]
It was just over a year ago that my perspective on parenting changed. Up until that point, I’d look at discipline in a rather unfortunate way — even more unfortunate because my children were already 6, almost 4, and almost 2 at the time. That’s a lot of years of discipline gone awry. My poor [...]
Let me be really honest. It’s been a rough day around here. This is my second day of being sick: non-stop headache, cough, sinus trouble, and general body aches. And I am just so tired. I slept in until almost 9:30am. Spent as much time as I could laying on the couch this morning. (Seeing [...]
The other day I was going through Olivia’s overflowing pyjama drawer taking out all of the things she had outgrown. I found her Teletubby pyjamas and as I pulled them out noticed that Olivia’s “missing” pink, sparkly silly putty was actually embedded in the shirt. (This likely happened around the time I, in a moment [...]
Marc and I were young when we decided to have kids — we were pregnant with Madeline before my 22nd birthday. We’d decided before we got married that we wanted to have our kids when we were young, partially because both of our parents were “old” when they had us, and partially because once I [...]
It’s exactly one year ago today that Luke was in the hospital having his tonsils/adenoids removed and getting tubes put in his ears. And, it’s kind of a horrible thing to say, but I think that day was the day I realized how much I love Luke. I mean, obviously, I love the boy. He’s [...]
One of things I enjoy about parenting is getting to make up stories for the kids. This morning while Luke and Olivia were in the bath I told them (at Luke’s request) a story about a snowflake. It went something like this:
Once there was a snowflake. It was a beautiful snowflake and it wasn’t like [...]
Sometimes it feels like I’ve given up hope. Like all of the daily stuff of life and motherhood is just too much. It’s watching the things you spend your time on turn to shit — shit you have to clean up! It’s the same old mess and the same old fight every day. A kid [...]
Kissing by the thermostat while one child is in the tub, the other whines repeatedly for you to read them a story, and another calls to show you what they just found on Google Earth. ‘Twas a very nice, long kiss, though.
I’ve had cold since Thursday. I felt a little better on Saturday, then a bit worse by Sunday afternoon, and by Monday morning I felt absolutely horrible. I cannot overstate this enough: You cannot parent your children when you are unable to stand up. Mothering does not happen lying down.
But when I’m sick, I get [...]