Poopy Day

WARNING: this post contains graphic potty talk, read at your own risk!
Without a doubt, the worst part of doing childcare is poop! Other people’s kid’s poop! It’s one thing to have your kid disappear only to find them in their “pooping corner” or to walk into a room that reeks of a stinky bottom or [...]

Managing the Mess

I was sitting at my computer today checking emails and had this sudden feeling of panic…”oh my gosh, I forgot about my blog!”…really, I forgot I had a blog! I haven’t read anyone’s blogs for the past month, I haven’t posted anything on my blog in the past month, I haven’t even thought about blogs [...]

Kids say the darndest things!

The other day I was at the grocery store loading my things on the belt while Isaac asked me over and over again for a soda from the little cooler. I realized I had been tuning him out (the bag your own groceries stresses me out and I tune out the world for 5 minutes). [...]

I’m just wonderin’

The past few days I have been questioning domesticated pets…I mean really! Who watched a wild cat stalking through a field one day hunting small rodents and thought…”I want to tame that cute little furry creature and invite it to live in my home with me.” What the heck!?!? I have always been an animal [...]

Three little helpers

The other day my good friend Jen posted a video on her blog of her little girl Maisie helping make a salad for dinner. Ever since then Eliza keeps asking to “helper in the kitchen” whenever I am cooking. I have struggled with this because the kitchen is NOT my happy place! I am not [...]

“isss a assident”

I’m on a roll with the funny kid stuff…they seem to be cracking us up by the hour lately!
Here’s the scene…
BRYCE: Sunday, 8:00am, laying in bed, pretending there aren’t three hungry kids running around, wishing he didn’t have to wake up, still fighting a bit of a cold, mostly complaining of a headache.
LIZE: had a good [...]