How To Unload a Dishwasher (With a Toddler in the House)

This may or may not have come from personal experience with my own almost-2-year-old.
Step 1: Tiptoe to kitchen.
Step 2: Open dishwasher as quietly as possible, so as not to alert the almost-two-year-old to your presence.
Step 3: Begin in earnest to unload dishwasher, starting with anything that can maim toddler.
Step 4: Four seconds later, force smile [...]

A Random Assortment.

Here’s an oddball collection of pictures from the last couple of weeks or so that capture life in our house this summer…

Monday.

I’m feeling very “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” today (or my version if you click there).
Where to begin on the laundry/meal plan/grocery shopping/laundry/blogging/mopping/return videos to library and Blockbuster/drop something off at the tailor/figure out Father’s Day gifts? When what I really want to do it curl up on the couch with my [...]

A Little Structure for Summer

I started writing this a few days ago but hadn’t finished it – then, I saw Jill Savage’s post today and decided I’d finish it up! She has very similar ideas for summer, but her kids are older so it’s nice to read about what future summers might look like…
I’m all for summer fun, [...]

Just A Glimpse

Maybe you don’t have kids and you wonder what it’s like to have several of them living in your house. Or maybe you have kids and will read this and shake your head in agreement/relief/disbelief. Maybe your kids are grown, and you barely remember what it was like to have little people littering [...]

Frazzled.

Today’s crazy. We’re heading to Effingham in a few short hours, and no one is packed, though I’m working on it. We have to go to Sam’s Club this morning. I desperately need a shower. Jack Henry’s toddling around in only a diaper, and he keeps closing himself in the bedrooms [...]

The One Where I Wish I Had Superpowers.

Today was one of THOSE days.  Nothing particularly bad happened, it was just really hectic. And it’s days like these that I know I will someday look back on and smile, so here it is in all its glory.
6:30 – wake up to Jack Henry babbling to himself in bed, and shortly after that, [...]

Monday, in Bits and Pieces

1. This morning we registered for swim lessons and Bennett’s t-ball team. Hooray! Summer is right around the corner! And, we ran into friends at the park where we registered, which was really fun for the boys (and nice for me, too).
2. Jack Henry’s ear tubes = a resounding success. Today [...]

Is It Bedtime Yet?

Please tell me that it’s the time change messing with my kids. Until last night, I was all, “Oh, I love Daylight Savings Time…the kids are sleeping in, it’s great, lalalala.”
And then last evening, Luke was just totally worn out – to the point that I was sure he’d be running a fever by [...]

Answers, Part Two.

Here’s question #4 from Jill: “How on earth do you do it? You seem so together all the time. I feel like everything I do is an after thought. So what’s your secret? (& how do you get Matt to participate?) Oops, I guess that is 3 questions. Sorry!”
Answer: Bwahahahaha…you’re talking to me? Wait, [...]