At the end of the day, after the kids have been fed three well-balanced meals (Jk, I'm feeding toddlers), 1.5 million snacks, bathed, entertained with toys and random household items (TV remote, empty milk jug, a box of ziplock bags, a grey marker, and one empty Amazon box) serenaded by the Frozen 2 playlist on [...]
I believe that karma is very real, especially when it comes to parenting. For example, Piper is a "good eater." Since she was old enough to put solids in her mouth (starting at four months because home-girl LOVES to eat), she has been willing to try anything Tye and I have put in front of [...]
We clean up a lot of spills in our house. And when I say "we," I mean me. I'm the spill cleaner-upper. If spilling was an Olympic sport, both my children would take the gold, year after year. There would be no competition. They're both winners. They're the spill king and queen. They spill in [...]
Oh my word! Adele Cabanillas has done it again with her magical, bright and creative photography - capturing my tiny family in our little brick house in the most delightful way. My heart can hardly stand it. Funny (but mostly humbling and horribly embarrassing) story... while I was feverishly cleaning our home like a madwoman to [...]
We took the kids camping this week. Kind of. Our HVAC* fan's motor died yesterday. RIP. And our house reached scorching temps of 85 and 86 degrees because it's 100 degrees outside in October (clearly, Satan doesn't want the bugs to die in South Carolina). So for the last 48 hours, we've donned minimal clothing, [...]
We have a thief in our midst. Or so I've heard. The other night after the kids were tucked in their beds (for the 14th time after needing fresh water and to pee and one more hug and 13 more books and the fan off [then on] and the door cracked - but just a [...]
It's no secret that toddlers are always sick - contracting various and sundry diseases from school, the gym, the playground, the zoo, life in general. Which means, everyone in my house is cyclically sick because we are actively learning to share. Right now, we all have some variation of a cold. Or maybe it's allergies. [...]
Motherhood is not for the faint of heart. You surrender your body for nine months awaiting a slippery, helpless, hungry human to come barreling out. Then once the new babe is on the outside, you're involuntarily flooded with turbulent emotions that drive you to somehow keep a tiny human fed, dry and warm. Alive. Then they [...]
In our house, we like to celebrate the little parenting wins. Wins like: Getting both kids bathed at least every other day Being on-time-ish literally anywhere Keeping both kids fed - even if a mid-morning snack is yesterday's fossilizing hot dog from under the couch (hey, fed is fed, right??) Peeing alone - and no [...]
When you're pregnant, there's a list a mile long (and then some) of the things you can't consume and/or do for the sake of the unborn baby. No sushi. No beer. No sandwich meat. No shell fish. No wine. No soft cheese. Not TOO much coffee. Literally none of the good stuff. In restaurants, you [...]
Adrianne Buckley 