I cannot be the only parent who has to “remind” their kids to: brush their teeth before they go to school or before going to bed clean out their lunch bags of their thermos so the food doesn’t rot over the weekend and be ready for Monday wash their dishes after they eat – we … Continue reading
My schedule would consist of eating, sleeping, and playing over at my cousins house. They were my best friends. I wasn’t allowed to sleep over at people’s houses. Thank goodness they just lived one street down from me. But, I guess this is typical of an immigrants upbringing? It was for me. I don’t recall … Continue reading
Scary. If it is only one word I could use to describe seeing my baby’s eyes start to swell, red blotches appear on his cheeks, neck, arms, behind his ears, around his lips and the irritable crying and scratching of his face. It couldn’t be the banana. He’s had it before. Not his favourite compared … Continue reading
My first born is growing into a little man. As his birthday approaches I wonder what to do for his birthday. Having watched all these crazy reality show about kid birthday parties, I know what I don’t want. We did a big dinner for his one month (tradition), but nothing big like that since. We … Continue reading
Do I say this “out loud”? If you read my Three Kids post last night, I talked about my insanity of wanting to have a third child. Even when things don’t make logical sense, making decisions is not always made with the brain. The heart wants what it wants. I want another child because I … Continue reading
I must be a total nutcase. A glutton for punishment. I would love to have a third child. Life with a toddler and baby is challenging. The sleep deprivation. Food differences. Laundry (mainly because of the amount of baby barf). Trying to pack everyone up to go out takes at around an hour. Feeding. Diapers. … Continue reading
The benefits of having your kids play with play dough is huge! They can play baker/scientist while you make it together, use their imagination, practice their dexterity, and create art, just to name a few. Make it yourself and make sure it is nontoxic. You know they might eat some, have it all over their … Continue reading
The plan was to stay home. Do 5 loads of laundry, wash dishes, bake cookies with The Boy, take a nap, and watch movies. It started out o.k. Both kiddies slept in 1-hr longer than usual. They’re tired too from all this. I call to check how The Husband is doing. Did he get dialysis? … Continue reading
The kids will win 99.9% of the time. But, it breaks my heart to do it. Franklin woke me at 5am. “Babe, I’m in pain”. Oh no. It was his day off of doing dialysis treatment (he gets two days off a week because his job is keeping himself alive with proper treatment). I call … Continue reading
I contemplated whether to write about this or not. Then I re-read my first post. This is to help me vent my feelings. I also re-read the marriage post, and I have to say something otherwise I will grow to resent him (and it’s starting). So, instead of saying it to The Husband, because really … Continue reading
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