Being a stay-at-home mommy to a 3 year old, while rewarding, is more challenging than anything else. Luckily for me I’ve always had a lot of patience. Or at least I thought I did, until Alivia turned 3 and started to prove me wrong. And while there are days I’d like to curl up in a ball, suck my thumb, and cry myself to sleep, most days I try to see the humor in things. I try to step out of my body as if I were an outsider watching us on TV. I try to imagine the genre we’d fit it into on each particular day. For instance, one day on my way upstairs to see what Alivia was doing, I found Vaseline all over her face, neck, clothes and, yep, in her hair. It was awesome having to scurry to clean her up as we had plans to go out. Yes, I’m being facetious. On that day, I’d say we were a comedy; the two of us! See, I can be easy going. While “the episode” was rather inconvenient, who wouldn’t have laughed at the sight of their toddler all greased up with that “deer in headlights” expression on their face while mommy repeatedly asked “why would you do this?” as if it could be rationalized. Seriously? Of course, I’d take those days over serious ones any time. In fact, days like those are a break from what seems to be the norm these days. The norm being Livi doing something she’s not supposed to and mommy having to put her in her room. If you read, Crying, and whining, and tantrums, oh my, I’m sure you know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s been a struggle for the both of us lately.
January 28, 2014
July 23, 2013
Vacationing in Cape Cod, MA
It’s nice to be home from vacation but only for dependable and fast internet access so I am able to do what I love: BLOG. Otherwise, I rather be basking in the sun under a clear blue sky with nothing to worry about other than sun protection. Alivia and I had such a wonderful 3 day vacation in West Yarmouth. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. And unlike previous years, the ocean was exceptionally warm and inviting. Even better than warm ocean water and sunshine was Alivia accomplishing some HUGE milestones! After struggling with her for 2 Summers, I finally got her to walk on the sand! It took some serious persistence and a thick skin when she began to melt down, but I stayed strong and was relieved to have it pay off! Of course, I knew I wouldn’t be able to get her to do it with bare feet so I came prepared with water shoes. And when her shoes filled up with sand, I was pleasantly surprised it only took a little distraction and some mild coaxing to keep her from obsessing over it. In no time at all my baby was playing in the sand comfortably! She even, for the first time, played in the ocean water (something else I had been struggling with getting her to do)! It was amazing watching her enjoy activities that once had her running for dry land, a shower, or my arms. And if that’s not enough, on the very last day of our vacation, my sister handed her a water bottle and she drank out of it like a PRO! What?! It was as if the milestones kept being thrown at my baby but she continued to hit them right out of the park! I was so proud of her!
June 26, 2013
What are your children doing to drive you nuts?
For those of us that have children, we all know that motherhood can be amazing! It can be rewarding, fun, satisfying, fulfilling, blah, blah, blah! Now let’s visit the flip side and discuss the things children do that challenge us and test our patience on a daily basis. You know, the things that make you want to blow your brains out!
I know after reading that last sentence, something immediately popped into your head. Something your child does that makes you want to pull out your hair and at the very least just annoys the fu@# out of you! Am I right?
June 10, 2013
Does your child respect their things?
Are you teaching your kids to respect their things? I think it’s an important lesson to teach and one they should most definitely learn. What got me to thinking about this topic? Good question. I was recently having a conversation with another mom who happened to mention having to buy a new kindle for their tot. When I asked why (assuming there was something wrong with the product), she shocked me with her answer. She went on to say that her little one had thrown and stepped on it multiple times, brushing the statement off casually as if that’s what toddlers do. My immediate thought was “really”? You’ve got to be kidding me. Am I on candid camera? Where are the video cameras at?
June 4, 2013
Our Vacation in St. Petersburg, FL
Being that I just returned from my blog break, I am doing a lot of catching up. Trying to sort through my emails has been such a time consuming task that I haven't been able to think about topics to blog about. To me, it's not all that important anyway. I much rather maintain my social relationships by responding to emails, visiting blogs, and returning the love with follow backs! With that said, if you emailed me and still haven't received a response, you should expect to see something soon!
June 7, 2012
The Missing Link – Week 9
Have you ever felt like something was missing from your life? Well, it could just be one of the links below. Hence my post title! You may ask yourself "Is she serious?" Well the answer is "No, I'm definitely NOT serious." I'm just feeling silly. Seriously though, I thought I'd share some of my favorite links with you in an effort to spread the love. What's better is that I thought I'd make this post a weekly thang! No that isn't a typo. I told you I was feeling silly. So the links below may not complete your life, but I'm hoping they, in some way, add to it. I separated them into categories for easy navigation. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.
June 6, 2012
New Pics… Sneak peek of Disney World
I planned on sharing all of my Disney World pictures in one post (my Thursday post) but, had unexpectedly (and at the last minute), went out to run some errands that took me ‘till 10:00 pm Wednesday night so now I’m exhausted. I could only bring myself to process the following three pictures. I hope to have the others processed to include in my The Missing Link post that I publish on Fridays.
June 5, 2012
New Pics… In love with my Daddy!
My Alivia is so in love with her Daddy! I’m pretty sure he is in love with her too!
June 4, 2012
New Pics… So here’s what we know
Alivia loves being outside. She loves playing with the sand, but not standing in it even with shoes on. We had to lay a towel on the sand for her to feel comfortable sitting in it. When she got even a speck of sand on her feet she’d demand us to “wife” her feet. That’s not a typo. She pronounces “wipe” as “wife”. She likes the warm ocean water but absolutely loves the pool! She likes Mommy and Daddy to pull her around in her floatie. She also likes to lean back in her float just enough to be able to kick up her feet comfortably and show off her pruned little piggy toes! She loves sunhats and sunglasses and wears them well! She loves her pink crocs and Little Swimmer pull-up diapers! Hmmmm, what else? She loves her Daddy! She got to spend so much time with him while we were away on vacation! It was so nice seeing them play and interact with each other. I love the way she looks at him with such love in her eyes. You can see that she feels so safe and secure in his arms. I am going to write a post about this separately because I have some great pictures of the two of them together. Today, however, I wanted to share some pool pictures. Our pool in FL was so beautiful! It was pristine, heated, and deserted (just the way we like it). Nothing like having a HUGE pool to yourself! Boy did we pick the perfect week to vacation in Sarasota.
June 3, 2012
New Pics… Home from vacation
Well, the family and I are home from vacation. I usually get home sick and miss home, but this vacation was so different. I felt so relaxed and at home in Sarasota that I just didn’t want to leave. I think I speak for the rest of my family when I say that too! We definitely weren’t ready to go home this time. We could have used another week in Florida. I guess that is a good indicator that we had a fabulous vacation. We made some memories that will last us a lifetime!
June 1, 2012
New Pics… It is a laughing matter
So let me tell you a little story. It’s not for the faint hearted.
You know when you see a bug, like a spider for instance, and for the rest of the day you would swear that you feel something crawling on you? You start scratching your leg, an arm, under your neck, on the shoulder etc.? Well that’s me. That’s what type of person I am. I swear they are crawling on me even though they aren’t. I don’t even like the sight of them.
