Clean socks are a privilege, not a right
It is getting a bit stupid around the House of Crunch. Emotions change quickly…..it is hard to keep up….from this To this…in seconds flat… Her growing beauty is as bewildering as her emotions. Her strength is terrifying. Her fury. Her rage is overwhelming. Her remorse. Her need for love and reassurance….heartbreaking. Then we have this….. […]
I will freely admit that we all tend to watch a bit too much TV around the House of Crunch. I grew up with our 3 little Brit channels and watched kids shows as well as whatever mom was watching before 9 pm. We also went to the movies a lot too. My kids will […]
I am no parenting expert..faaaaaar from it. But I have EXPERIENCE. I have a 7 year old boy, a 5 year old girl and an 8 month old. Reality check…babies are not hard. Baby care consists of making sure they are warm, fed, and clean. That is pretty much it. They don’t care what […]
Last night the kids were very excited about Earth Hour…went to great lengths to make sure we were ‘prepared’ for it. Adam had games picked out and Caity was quietly freaking about the thought of having to go to bed in the dark. They loved that I lit candles and they loved us sitting around […]
I am a bit of a light sleeper. This has done me no good these long years with a husband who can on occasion, snore quite loudly. It has been made worse by the fact that the cats and dog also snore. Having three children has made things worse. Honestly, I can’t remember the last […]
I have come to the conclusion that on the whole…I can handle the mechanics of parenting just fine. Poop and puke in all it’s shapes, forms and volumes really don’t bother me that much. I will also say, despite the state of my house and whatever my MOM will say on the subject, that I […]
I am a bad blogger…but the week sort of went by in a bit of a blur. There has been cleaning, and organizing..though really, you can’t tell. But there was. Cards were writ and mailed More lists were made. Pat and Adam, Tara AND Caity have all been fighting lingering colds too. The highlight […]
Adam asked that I share his photos of his Dinosaur collection with my ‘readers’..so here they are: Adam has his own camera..but really likes the ‘real’ one. This is one of his dad hanging out with him… This is Tara this morning..she was ‘exploring… And Adam and T were snuggling…She is the only baby I […]
Lately, I have been doubting my sanity (again)…Sleep deprivation (Tara, fix that will you please?) a TWO WEEK cold and my general daily sense of WTF and so on, plus looks and comments from my husband and family, have caused me to pause here and ponder on not only my parenting but my ability to […]
