Memories

The butterflies have started. They flitter here and there, creating waves of nervousness that spreads and breeds anxious thoughts and fears. School starts in a week and our house is flittering. This isn’t our first rodeo. We did the whole first day...

We had a crazy July in our family and now that August is here and things are calming down we’ve started to re-establish a new evening routine. I think back to those early months with Julia and mornings were...

In keeping with the b-t-s (back to school) theme, I thought I’d share with you readers the joy (i.e. woes) of preparing our family for this up-coming school year. Well, in all honesty, I just need to rant. Late last...

I held my first garage sale last weekend.  And lived to tell about it. {Enter your congratulations here!} Seriously.  Having a garage sale is serious work…way more than I anticipated! Our family recently moved into a new house and...

Sometimes things don’t go as planned. Understatement of the year, eh, mamas? Earlier this spring, I had the great idea to pack a picnic lunch, a blanket, and a bag full of books, and spend the morning with my preschoolers...

If you stop by my house at any point in time today, you may see any of the following:  a kid pulling out the drawers and throwing food on the floor, a kid climbing on the fireplace, a kid...

At my core, I am a perfectionist: the child who was afraid to try something until she was sure she could do it perfectly the first time, the adolescent who pretended to dislike activities in order to avoid the...

 Did I catch your attention with that clever title? Ha! Feel free to breathe a sigh of relief because, no, this post is not about frequent trips to the ladies room, or chasing down a smelly toddler all whilst...

In November of 2009, we sold our first home.  We hadn’t lived there too long (just under 2 years), but after having my first son in August 2008 and finding out in October 2009 that our second was on...

As you all know, Father's Day is coming up on Sunday. So the ladies of Iowa City Moms Blog wanted to take a little time to honor our husbands for being such amazing fathers. It takes a special person...