Wednesday. Wednesday was a terrible, no-good, very bad day. Well. Maybe not no-good. But the children were amok. It started out earlier than it should have. In the wee small hours. With a bed wetting. And a bad dream. And […]
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We’re getting ready for our very first garage sale at the Brehm house. And in prepping for it, I’ve had a few realizations about the current stage we’re in… My boys are no longer babies. Ugh. Dagger to the heart. […]
“WAIT! I’m not buckled! I can’t get it!” “I’m not backing out yet. Settle down. Take a breath. Try again. And once you’re buckled, we’ll go.” grunting. groaning. hrumphing. moaning. grunting. groaning. hrumphing. moaning. grunting. groaning. hrumphing. moaning. “Barr. Settle […]
A week ago yesterday, the oldest was finishing up Kindergarten. Upward and onward… And the middlest had an end of year celebration. One year of preschool in the books… And then, after a lunch with friends, we loaded the car […]
He called on a Tuesday. Pre-term labor, he said in his message. I took the phone away from my ear and hit CALL BACK. Voicemail. I gathered more information from a conversation with my husband. They were on vacation. A […]
He called on a Tuesday. Pre-term labor, he said in his message. I took the phone away from my ear and hit CALL BACK. Voicemail. I gathered more information from a conversation with my husband. They were on vacation. A […]
The kindergartener. He’s been a bit emotional the last few days. And it’s all my fault, I fear. Because the apple doth not falleth farreth from the treeeth. The child, for all intents and purposes, is a mini-Mister. But his […]
When you’re a parent, there are phrases that you say until you’re blue in the face. Or until you’re hoarse. So the hubs and I recently discussed creating a new app. Because, you know, there’s an app for everything. We […]
I was sitting in the middle of the Orpheum the other night. I closed my eyes. I closed them because I didn’t just want to hear the music we’d been watching. I wanted to totally feel it. I wanted to let […]
Okay… Not completely accurate. But really, the lessons I gained from my sorority experience that are applicable to motherhood are MANY. The above photo is case in point… because the amount of things that you’ll find under a toddler’s bed […]
