My kids are blessedly now both at the age where they are Independent Playgrounders. Aside from the occasional “Give me a starting push on the swings”, they blissfully run around, make friends, entertain themselves, and gift me with a Mommy Break. Sure, I could join the hordes of parents along the perimeter of the playground […]
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The Great Alabama Outdoors.
So, camping. The weather could not have been more perfect when we arrived to the annual family camping trip. They were the ideal conditions for asking your son to pose for a picture, When in reality you’re trying to covertly snap a photo of your camping neighbors taking their dog for a walk…in a pink […]
Just Escape.
Every year about this time, there is a clear and defined day where it actually starts to feel like Fall in Alabama. And every year on that day, I go crazy. I become an obsessed antsy fool who can think of nothing but going North. Sometimes I fantasize about North Alabama, sometimes the mountains of […]
The Night We Turned into Lego.
On Friday night, I found myself putting on makeup while squinting at a tiny Lego Minifigure for reference. The night before, I was designing a hoodie and yoga pants – while studying that same minifigure to guide my fingers. There are far too few times in life that this occurs, but our family made the […]
A Full Shut Down.
This blog has been temporarily suspended due to the author being in the middle of a near death experience. Though not Ebola, the author accepted into her bloodstream a severe dose of Poison Sumac, an element that she is quite familiar with, as it plagued her already-awkward tween years with large, weeping mounds of burning, […]
The Brush of Death.
I’ve made many humiliating parental admissions on this blog. You guys know that I only bathe my children twice a week. You are aware that I never make their beds. You have been apprised of my issues with Sippy Cups and Mold. So you probably won’t be shocked that I’m not the best teeth-brushing mother, […]
The Kicking.
Ali and I had downtown lunch plans, so after dropping Noah off at preschool, we decided that the big downtown Birmingham Public Library would be a great place to get a little of her schoolwork done. I have fond memories of the vast expanse that is the downtown library, so I love taking my kids […]
The Best Worst Comments, Volume II
You may have heard…bloggers live for comments. They are just the best. They add richness and depth to the story, offer wisdom, information, and differing viewpoints, as well as giving us the positive feedback we need to keep writing – because every blogger’s Love Language is Words of Affirmation – why else would we spend […]
Tales from the Porch Swing.
The kids were playing outside while I was lounging flat on my back on the porch swing. (That happens more than it should. But Motherhood as an introvert is exhausting.) (And I’m exceptionally good at lazy when I want to be.) Noah needed to go to the bathroom, so he headed over for me to […]
Work of Worth: Pretty Things Changing Lives {Giveaway}
Third World Entrepreneurial Philanthropy. It sounds all big-wordish and heady, but it’s one of my favorite concepts that has been made easier due to the internet age. In short, it means freedom. Freedom for women enslaved in sex trafficking. Freedom for families who have no way to support their children. Freedom from work that exploits, […]