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Finding peace in the face of the “Terrible Twos”

On: October 28th, 2008 at 11:27 am | Number of Comments » 0

Last night, after yet another tiring and trying bedtime routine with my newly independent (NO!NO!NO!) Little Man, I walked downstairs and sank into the couch in exhaustion and frustration.  After sitting there for a few minutes listening to him rustle around on the baby monitor, I set my focus on finding the positive in the […]


Little man’s sunglasses accident

On: May 16th, 2008 at 10:39 pm | Number of Comments » 0

Last night we had a terrible scare! I drove into the driveway with little man and got him out of the car. We then had a lengthy discussion about why I felt that he should leave his “too cool” sunglasses in the car (because he’d be sad if we forgot them in the house […]


Mother’s Day joy

On: May 11th, 2008 at 9:15 pm | Number of Comments » 0

Probably the sweetest moment of my 2nd mother’s day was this:
My husband asked Little Man to tell me “Happy Mother’s Day”. In response, Little Man began to belt out a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday to you”
I love this age!


Yummy healthy cookies

On: May 7th, 2008 at 9:11 pm | Number of Comments » 0

Yay for creating healthy cookies!! I mashed 3 ripe bananas with 2 cups of oats, one shredded apple, and 1/2 a cup of raisins. Then I dropped little balls of dough onto a greased (non-fat non-stick spray) cookie sheet and baked for 15 minutes @ 350′
No added sugar, no added fat. Yum.