Is that Poop in his Hand?

 Every now and then I’m amazed at what life sets in your path. These past two days have been punctuated by such delightful surprises.  After...

  As I sit here watching time pass before my eyes, I contemplate each moment. I attribute meaning and assign definition. I use many words to...

 I traverse these darkened caves alone unknown. I wander blindly failing to perceive the light that promises to guide me. I whisper in silen...

Today was our first day of school. Home school. We read one of the Tuttle Twins book called, " Food Truck Fiasco ." The Tuttle Twi...

Today was an amazing day of homeschooling with Brooke and Lauren. I wish all of our days were like this. On a whim we stopped at a park ...

The brilliance of this video speaks for itself. I constantly find myself thinking about things that I was not taught in school. On a d...

I've always been a homeschool mom at heart. As a child, school was never difficult for me, however I found it boring and never really ...

Brooklyn sits in a bay window on a road trip to Cambria and tries to keep up with her school work, even during summer. This photo was take...

"Wow! I should blog. It's been so long." I was thinking about my mother, as I drove home from dropping the kids off at scho...

Language is said to be a left brain function, along with logic, reasoning, math and critical thinking. On the other hand, emotions, color, i...

Brooklyn woke up in the middle of the night and told me she needed to go potty. I asked her if she had wet her pants. She said, "no, La...

Last night, we got out the sun shelter and watched television in the backyard. This is one of my favorite things to do on a summer evening...

Max goes to a very unique school. It is a state charter school, but it is a Montessori program. Not only that, but it's a hybrid of sort...

I love to sit, like a fly on the wall, and listen to my little girls play. They sing together, they dance together and they play together. T...

Hey Max!  I just wanted to say thank you, for teaching Lauren how to pee in the backyard, like a boy, how to call her dad "dude," ...

It's official. I can say that my girls are actually potty trained. Sure, there are some accidents here and there. That's normal, but...

"You've really got your hands full!" I hear this phrase most days when I leave the house. I travel with a double jogging stro...

"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening sa...

Unless you're a mom, it may be hard to understand the emotional rolleroaster that an average day presents. If you wake up before your ch...

Yesterday was hard. I woke up around 4:30 and had trouble getting back to sleep. I managed to do some cleaning in the garage, before most of...

Pen in hand, I sink into the over sized sofa, pausing to take a deep, healing breath. The dog lets out a guttural groan...almost in acknowle...

Lately, Max has been concerned with death, as his awareness of it grows. He posed his question to me: Max: "Mom, who will be my grandma...

Just now I was changing Lauren's diaper. It was a poopie diaper. Not a solid, nor a liquid, but rather a mousse like consistency. I unfa...

I can't seem to remember to pick up the dog's water dish each day, BEFORE one of my girls has dumped it all over the floor. No matte...

If you were a fly on the wall, at my house... Lauren: (walks in the living room with an empty bathroom wipes box). Me: "Box! You have a...

Max: (rubbing his head, walks into my room) "Owwwww!" Me: "What's wrong Max?" Max: "I bumped into myself."...

I allow my son to say dammit! I don't know if that's as unusual as I imagine, but I don't know any other kids who are allowed to...

Let me start by saying I don't want to start labeling my girls with adjectives that will someday serve them as self-fulfilling propheci...

Make a fresh cup of coffee. Nature calls before taking that first sip, head for the bathroom. Notice trash can in bathroom almost overflowin...

The only way I can think of to describe Brooke's smiles, is a quote from a movie... "She has 600 different smiles. They can light u...

So Max and I are sitting around, just hanging out together, while the babies are asleep. He is lounging on the sofa, playing games on my iph...

My girl Lauren is in the 100th percentile for her height and weight. When you pick her up, she is quite substantial to hold. Despite her siz...

Recently, another mom of twins asked me if I called my girls "this one" and "that one." I thought about it for a minute,...

I've been feeling so guilty about not blogging lately. Even more so, for not journaling about my baby girls...and Max. When Max was aro...

Scott told Max,"I said "ship!" Max wasn't buying the story. After Scott and I exchanged wide-eyed glances, we went back t...

I took Max to have an MRI on Monday. This is because he is still walking around like twinkle toes and at his age (over 3 years), it could be...

Max was outside, in the backyard. He was waiting for some friends to arrive, so that they might go swimming together, in our hot-tub. He was...

Max has been such a gentle and affectionate brother to his baby sisters. I can't stand how cute he is with them. He kisses their heads a...

I'm not sure if these photos really look so different in the belly area. The first was taken on July 8, this year, the morning that I de...

I'm so happy I can't even express it. I'm doing the happy dance all day long (on the inside, of course). I'm even looking fo...

So last night, or was that this morning? I guess it WAS this morning, technically. Scott got home around 3 or 3:30am and had jumped in the s...

A very uneventful 4th of July today. We did nothing to celebrate. Scott worked and I spent the day hanging out with Max and my Mother-in-Law...

Today was the last appointment with my OB/Gyn until my surgery next Tuesday. He checked my amniotic fluid and made sure everything looked go...

Yesterday was the last NST I will have to have at the hospital. I still don't know how I managed to get a win on that one with my doctor...