Stop the Cup Insanity

I have a set of plates, cups, and bowls from Children’s IKEA for each kid so they don’t have to fight over both wanting the same color at the same time. We’ve used them for years and love them (I must confess, though, I hate the matching cutlery). Then a year or so ago I [...]

Carseats

A couple of weeks ago I finally got around to cleaning out the car. Which seemed like a really good idea since it was snowing and everything. The car really needed it though, and I was bursting with nesting energy so despite the cold I did it. Since I pulled out the carseats so I [...]

24 Weeks

I’m roughly 24 weeks along now. I’m pleasantly surprised to find I’m not still spending my days nauseated. With Peanut I was still barfing regularly at this point and with Wingnut I was still mostly in non-functional. I actually got to enjoy a little time of feeling semi-human before getting uncomfortable this time around. Now [...]

Random Crap

Whee!  It’s time again for another round of random crap!  Oh, and I’ll throw in a little about Mother’s Day, too.

Mother’s Day was lovely.  It was overcast, which I love, Peanut sang with the Primary kids in Sacrament Meeting, I made grainy mustard chicken for dinner, and I received lots of chocolate, homemade cards, [...]

Invisible and Inaudible

I’ve been having some major frustrations with my children lately, though mainly just Peanut.  It seems I have become both invisible and inaudible.  I suspect this because Peanut’s has no hearing impairment, yet when I say something – ANYTHING – I end up having to repeat myself a thousand times even if I have Peanut [...]