Breakfast at our house can take an hour. Mackenzie loves to eat and will plow steadily through a bowl of oatmeal the size of my head. I often eat and do dishes while she chows away. My scriptures also make a regular appearance at the breakfast table and we’ve had lots of discussions about how she should only interrupt my […]
You win some you lose some
I lost my patience at approximately 8:12 this morning. Maybe it’s because I have a charmed life (I really do) or maybe it’s because I’m still new to mothering, but I don’t often feel like my bucket is scraping the bottom of the patience well. Today I ran out before we had even eaten breakfast. Doh. For whatever reason, I […]
Flying With Two
We recently got back from a visit to California. I had Scott’s help for the trip out, but an awful 3 hour delay in Chicago under blazing lights and without a quiet place to rest right at the girl’s bedtime left us both trashed long before our arrival at my parents’ house. For the return trip, I was on my […]