I have just decided that raising small children is a lot like being addicted to a hardcore drug. It has amazing ups, and life threatening downs, and you end up doing things in public you never every thought you would.
parenting
Last days as a duo
Today I am really feeling nostalgic for my last days as a mother of one. Maybe it’s because Little Chef has been the vision of happy perfection today {I better not jinx myself and he ends up a terror this afternoon}, or maybe it’s my due date with #2 fast approaching, but I feel like […]
Cheese Sticks and a bad attitude
Yesterday Little Chef was a grumpy little thing. I now realize it was because he was coming down with something because he had a case of the pukeys this morning. He had to call his Tante Lexi and tell her all about it because apparently that’s what we do in this family. Monday morning, I […]
Barf Happens
Let’s start out by me saying, hello. Remember me? I’m that lady that used to make you laugh or cry a couple times a week. Lately I have been a bit quiet…. let me tell you why. As I hope you remember I am pregnant again with another one of James’ love goblins, and let […]
Second Time’s the Charm
I knew in the back of my mind the second would be more difficult, but like anything with parenting I had no F&$%ing idea until I actually got there. Like this morning.
A Nod to the Classics
Some recipes are just plain old tried and true classics. Like the oatmeal cookie. The oatmeal cookie has played a starring role in the saga of my childhood. My Oma used to make these in giant batches and feed them to us when we came over to make crafts out of the strange things we […]
Mommy Chopped.
I have all the skills and tools to make the meal of your dreams, but in my own kitchen at 5:30 pm on a Wednesday evening when I crack open the fridge and look at the dismal gathering of ingredients, my ambition and creativity flee for their lives.
Tomato Tart
I have to say that making this dish brought back a lot of memories for me. When I was 19 I moved to Ireland by myself to work as a nanny for a year
The Bunny Brigade: And other things I said I would never do.
Now don’t let me sit here spilling my secrets all over the floor. Let’s hear em. What is something you swore you would never do and ended up doing?