My morning starts at 4:30 a.m. — before anyone else is awake, before the day gets a chance to start making demands. I go to the gym. I’ve been doing this for over ten years. People think I’m a little crazy for it, and that’s fine. Getting up that early isn’t really about the workout…
I was getting ready today and took the time to put some makeup on. The girls love watching and wanted me to do their makeup. I take a brush and gently swipe their faces with it and brush their eyebrows. Big Nugget soaks it all up, you can see her demeanor change, and told me…
I’ve had the same bedtime routine with our oldest since she was old enough to talk. Tub, brush teeth, read a book, sing a song and “talk about my day”. Sure we switch up what books we read, she’s really into our back to school book list right now, and what songs we sing but one…
We are headed on our annual trip to Michigan in a few weeks and I’m starting to panic about traveling with kids. We are very active around San Diego – we go to the zoo and safari park quite a bit. So I know they are laid back and like adventures but 4am wake up…
While waiting for the preschool doors to open at pickup the other day, one of the Mom’s said: “I can’t believe summer is only 9 weeks long.” ONLY? NINE WEEKS. Ya’ll, I’m starting to panic. That seems like an eternity to me. To quell my anxiety, I started to make a list and break it…
Maybe it was the guilt from being gone 3 days last week at a conference. Maybe it was Little Nugget taking a long nap that cancelled our afternoon park plans the day before. Maybe it was cause it was Tuesday, the only day of the week that we don’t have anything going on. Whatever the…