Things have been busy busy busy this week. I promised my team I would bring in some lumpia, Filipino fried spring rolls, one last time before my last day. (Because yay! I am finally going to blog full time!) Since our annual Christmas gift exchange and potluck was today I woke up at 5:00am to fry them up. Related: Last minute potluck dish: chili … [Read more...]
8 Tips for adventures with a carsick kid
This time, I was armed with three changes of clothing, wipes, plastic bags, and a roll of paper towels before setting out for our trip to the specialist. I remember the last trip with horror and refuse to go through THAT again. Pea's specialist is a good hour and a half away. And the carsickness is real folks. She used to get carsick all the time. Her record is 5 times in … [Read more...]
Toddler Tip: Clipping nails
My kids have thrown off the mantle of toddler hood and are now six and four. So imagine my surprise when my son regressed to a period of time I thought would remain forgotten in history. He flipped over getting his nails trimmed. My children are sixteen months apart. While I was still muddling through the terror of having a newborn, we found out we had … [Read more...]
Operation: Perspective
November 2013 hasn't really been an easy month for us. To give you an idea, my miscarriage in October was just the pebble that preceded the avalanche. It has gotten worse since then. We have been in juvenile arthritis hell. A good friend told me that the miscarriage was probably for the best because there has been so much on my plate since then that it would have been too … [Read more...]
Busting Boredom and Saving Christmas!
"I AM SO BORED!" wailed my six year old. "I didn't have any fun at all today." "You didn't have fun at school?" "No! I had to be good so I was bored at school too. Now I'm bored at home. We never do anything fun!" (Well excuse me for all those times I sweated through Disney pushing your stroller, the summer treks to the zoo, and the three Sundays in a row of birthday … [Read more...]