Well I have officially finished my 5.5 week stretch as a single parent. I expected it would totally suck. I expected to be tired, burned out, short-tempered with my girls, and generally just not loving the time alone. But I was pleasantly surprised. My experience was far from what I expected. It was actually wonderful in …
Tag Archive: Parenting
Jun
01
2009
Feb
05
2009
We’re Just a Couple of Watermelons
Mike and I were talking tonight about the kids. I told him about my day with K and her tantrums. She’s turning 2 so they are to be expected. Today she was at her finest with a couple of great tantrums, black pen on a white door, and mischief making instead of napping. So it’s …
Feb
05
2009
It Happened.
This morning something happened that I knew was coming eventually, but always hoped never would. A moment I was dreading. A moment that sort of confirms what you’ve done right and wrong as a parent. Possibly it’s a rite of passage as a parent, I don’t know, but it certainly feels like one. I was …
Jan
16
2009
The Grocery Game
So today it was freaking cold outside. And not just the usual cold, where really it’s not THAT cold, I’m just a wimp! Nope it was really really cold. And of course we are out of all the major things in the house. I have little to no desire to go out in the cold, …
Jan
09
2009
Patience is a Virtue?
Really? I’m starting to think that patience is just a pain in the ass. I always thought that I was a patient and easy going person. But after dealing with two small children, I’m beginning to wonder. I have realized that patience is one of my many weak points as a mother. Even though I …
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