Creating A Pretty & Simple Life
Last month, my husband and I started our preschool search for our son! Dun dun duuunnnnn! So while we’re on the waiting list, we decided to do a special, weekly activity to help reinforce key preschool skills. Last week we baked rainbow cupcakes with the intention to review colors and patience. Little did I know that we would cover counting, making choices and so much
So I’m pretty blessed. I get to raise two fiercely beautiful, dynamic, funny, smart kids who happen to be biracial, or as I like to say, ethnically astounding. My husband is white and I am a black woman. Both of my children are rather light. I won’t be cute and say that I don’t see the difference in our skin color, that I only see
Yay! The fall is here. Okay, maybe not officially, but September means the start of (1) enjoying cooler weather, (2) wearing fabulous boots, and (3) jumping in a big piles of leaves. I’m extra excited this year because my son is old enough to enjoy the autumn as a toddler. My daughter is still a little young, but she loves watching and learning from her big brother. And therein
So I think I accidentally married the Verizon guy who used to say, “Can you hear me now?” I say that because my husband constantly has to repeat himself. “Why?” you ask. Because of…SCARLETT! My lovely, sweet baby girl screams like a feral cat at a dental cleaning without anesthesia and now my hearing is on the fritz. For some reason, her intense high-pitched screams can only
I swear to goodness everyone in my family needs something at every minute of the day. I’m not complaining I’m just stating a fact. Scarlett has a very specific schedule (even for a 4 month old) that’s based on The Contented Little Baby system. Westley has his own schedule which includes nap-time, bubble-time, lego-time and of course feeding-time. (God forbid my husband is late making dinner, Westley let’s him
I know I’m not the only parent out there to say this, “I’m tired of cleaning up baby poop!” With two under two and I feel like all I do is feed kids and clean up their crap – literally!! Oh, do I wish I had an easy trick to free parents of the bondage of dirty diapers, but I don’t. This is one battle
It’s crazy how time flies. Scarlett will be a month old on Thursday. I feel like it was just yesterday when I was sitting in the hospital with her in my arms. But the reality is, the days of holding a tiny 6-pounder are quickly passing. And so are the days of her only needing a few ounces of breastmilk. This girl can EAT and I’m doing
Literally, as I sit here trying to type this post about a solution for a Work At Home Parent who is caring for a newborn, my 3-week old daughter is crying for me to hold her. I love my daughter, Scarlett. She’s beautiful and sweet, but she is a serious Stage 5 Clinger. It seems that the only person who can give her immediate comfort when she’s
So Baby Girl Finch will here her in 10 days! Aahhh! I’m so excited to hold her and get to know her. I recognize though this time around will be different. With my first child, I didn’t have another little one to look after and a business to run. I was truly on leave for 3 months so it wasn’t a big deal to be held baby
I can’t believe it! Baby Girl Finch will be here in 13.5 days. That means in less than 2 weeks I’m going to have two under two. I totally see how that will be awesome, but right now that idea scares me more than it thrills me. Seriously, there are 101 reasons why I’m a little nervous. Right now my biggest worry is about going out with both
