It’s that time of year, again. The storefronts are filled with holiday decorations, lights are going up on homes and trees in the park, and holiday music is playing in every store and restaurant we walk into. We even got our first Christmas card in the mail yesterday! It’s hard to believe how quickly this year has flown by. Soon it will be Little Mister’s birthday, and it will have been another year that I’ve been on this journey called motherhood. Last year was the first year that Little ...
Archives for November 2018
Conquering Disney Like a Champ
This past summer, we spent almost two whole weeks at Disney World. You heard that right. Two. Whole. Weeks. With a 2.5 year old and a 2.5 month old. That’s cool. You can call me crazy now. I knew going in it was going to be a rough two weeks in July in Orlando. Here are some of my successes and failures so that if you ever find yourself going to Disney World, be it in July or September, with toddlers or teenagers, you too can have an absolutely magical experience. My NUMBER ONE suggestion ...
My Slap Over the Head
This past week was Thanksgiving, and we had a wonderful celebration with family and friends. We hosted Thanksgiving dinner and have been having the delicious leftovers for 4 days straight now. I’m pretty sure that my husband and Little Mister are getting tired of the turkey and cornbread stuffing. Myself? I could have sweet potato casserole every day and not get tired of it for a long, long time. But I digress. Something happens every time we get together with family. My insecurities start ...
Who Created God?
It happens out of the blue usually. You’ll be sitting there, playing LEGOs with your kids, and all of the sudden, they will ask you a question. I know with my son, 90% of the time the question is about food. But 10% of the time, those questions from our kids are bigger questions. More difficult questions. Questions we may not have the answers to. When I was about 6 or 7, I had one of those big questions. I looked at my dad and asked, “If God created the heavens and the earth, who created ...
Believing is Seeing
In today’s society, we are often raised to believe that things can be “too good to be true.” “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” “You can’t get something for nothing.” It’s that time of year when faith in something invisible is greatest. We see it in the Hallmark movies that play on TV. There is always at least ONE Christmas movie that is released about faith in Santa Claus. We see the light in our children’s eyes as they see the tree on Christmas morning and all that Santa ...
How to Do D.C. with Toddlers
You know those times when you make these grandiose plans that you think will be PERFECT for your child? You think to yourself, "Man! My kiddo is going to LOVE this!" And then...it's a bust. Not just a tiny bust. Or a bust that just happens quickly but then things turn around for you. No. A complete and utter bust. Flames could've been seen from space. Ok. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but it was bad. We visited Washington, DC, this past weekend. I had all these plans where we could take ...