Single Supermama

because seriously, what the hell will I do if I can’t laugh about it?

photo booth fun

Since Joy was 3 years old, we've made it a yearly ritual to get our pictures together in the mall photo booth. This week, all three of us squeezed in there for our silliness - and the hideous food court dinner to follow it up.

gone fishin’

Clara is feeling much better, thank God.Joy was fishing for babies this morning from her top bunk. She kept getting bites, but never did get one she could reel in.As for me, I'm thankful for a house full of healthy girls and some sunshine.

all greek

Clara has started talking, though I use the word "talking" very loosely. Unless you're around her a lot, you wouldn't have a clue that she's even using words - you have to see the connections between the sounds she makes and her routines. When she puts her hands together ...

cute freaking kids

I don't have the energy to blog anything meaningful, but have a look at these cutie pie kids in their fort. I mean seriously. They are really cute.

i miss sleep

I have a very small house, and the girls share a bedroom. Joy has a tall loft bed, and Clara's crib is tucked beneath it. They love each other so much, and they do fine sharing a room... until bedtime. We are not getting any sleep, and I don't know ...

i love me some sisters, yo

How can you not dig someone who starts a post with this sentence, "I love me some peanut butter, yo." It is cracking me up.In other news. The girls seem to be falling more and more in love with each other by the day. Which is eventually going to cause ...

walkie talkie

the three of us girls live in a tiny house, with 2 small bedrooms. as a result, we often end up all three in one (full, slightly larger than a twin) bed.one morning the baby was awake at 5 am and trying to wake her sister up. she was babbling, ...

January 20th 2010
Tags: reading No Comments

bedtime stories

For several months now, Clara has sat on the couch every night for her bedtime story - smushed directly between Kelley and mommy. But even though she's made sure that Kelley is sitting in his correct spot next to her and that he's positioned properly for cuddling, she has strictly ...
December 15th 2009
Tags: family, hapless One Comment

happy holidays

Well, we've survived half of the holidays so far with four kids between us who have different parentage on either side (his 2 grown-up kids have different moms, mine have different dads) - plus our 3 different sets of parents. Plus mine celebrate 2 religions. Thanksgivings. Check. Hanukkah. Check. Christmases still to come...
November 24th 2009
Tags: family 2 Comments

thankful

I am so thankful I can hardly bear it. I'm thankful for my beautiful girls who I love more than I ever knew I was capable of. I'm thankful for a family unique and different - full of steps and halfs and ex'es and inlaws and outlaws that just feels like plain ...
November 6th 2009
Tags: giving, kidssaythedarndestthings 2 Comments

you have such a caring heart

These are the notes my sweet Joy made this morning to pass out to her friends. I adore that girl.
November 2nd 2009
Tags: family, sleep 3 Comments

tight quarters

I have a full size bed. Which is slightly (and I do mean slightly) larger than a twin bed. For the past couple of years, there have been many mornings when all three of us girls have woken up in my bed together - Joy and I on either edge, and ...

Search

Search older content using topic keywords.