The most important lesson I have learned in parenting is this: lower your expectations.
That may sound cynical, but it’s been the key to my not losing it when things don’t go as planned.
I feel like we’re entering a new phase with Avelyn, a good phase (after about two and a half years of not-so-good phases, some of which included: The Chest-Bumping Phase, The Refusal To Say Hi To People Phase, The
In the past week I have tried a few times to take a nausea-induced rest upstairs while the girls play quietly, with somewhat limited success.
Having been lucky enough to dodge the morning sickness bullet with my first two pregnancies, I used to think that women who suffered from it were kind of just being whiney.
Maniacs from Amanda on Vimeo.
This is how we pass the time on long afternoons.
What is UP with December? In the next two weeks we will scratch off dozens of festive holiday events, frantically scurrying from Christmas party to cookie exchange to family dinner to preschool concerts.