Monthly Archive: July 2010

Jessie had chopped off part of her hair several weeks ago. Gave herself some odd bangs, actually she cut it down to the scalp, so she’s now got some odd bangs, having grown out the crewcut. Her hair is silky and wavy – sometimes it curls, sometimes it’s straight, but it’s baby fine and so …

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I survived another trip to Maine with the kids. My whole family is up there, my mother, two step sister, one sister and one cousin so I’ve got tons of help up there, but still found myself feeling stressed out and like I needed to clone myself in order to really care for the kids …

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Even when you don’t necessarily want it…. My sister and mother invited Jessica to go up camping with them this week. We’ve been camping forever at this one campground in Maine, it’s right on the ocean, and most of my family goes up there. I’m not a camper, and neither is my cousin Becky, so …

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Earlier tonight, Sam and I were watching a little television. I was reading and nursing Julie and Sam was stretched out on the floor in front of me. I asked him what he wanted to watch, and listed a couple of choices for him to pick from. He told me he wanted to think for …

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My oldest daughter is very feminine. Very traditionally feminine in a lot of ways. She’s got a thing for babies, likes reading and coloring and dressing up and having her hair done in pretty styles. She’s a girl who likes her creature comforts, she likes a soft clean bed, clean clothes, heat, etc. Which is …

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I’m actually late in posting this – his birthday was last Tuesday. We had his first slumber party last night and he was blissfully happy the entire time. We invited his bestest friend Brian (he’s seven and Sam worships him) and Harrison, got them water guns, pizza and a star wars movie and it was …

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I wish I was a better person sometimes. Well, all the time, I wish I was a better person, but sometimes it really strikes me that my life would be easier if I was less selfish, more giving. More able to put aside my own needs and focus entirely on everyone else’s. I’m a stay …

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http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/ This is my goal. I read a lot, and since becoming a parent, I read a lot of parenting books. There have been several that have really impacted me, but one that had a huge effect on the way I want to parent is Free Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy. It’s about not overprotecting …

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Of course, with a title like that, you might expect a more controversial post, but not so much. Simply that Julianna got her two month shots today, and has been asleep for the past two hours. Marc took her for the appt, because I’ve got extra kids here I was watching, plus he took the …

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I stole the idea from Beth’s blog (http://notabowinsight.blogspot.com/). When I read hers, it made me think of how much my life has changed and how much I’ve changed since having Jess seven and a half years ago. And how much Sam, and then Julie have influenced me, my choices, the way I handle things. I’m …

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