Have you ever laid awake at night, nursing a small baby or listening for your child’s next cough, and come up with the best.idea.ever? Or maybe an awesome idea came to you as you were running (and enjoying your few moments of peace and quiet.) We all know that sleep-deprived moms are some of the…
Category: Life with kids
A Very Merry Christmas Survey
Merry Christmas Eve from the MCM Mama household. I couldn’t resist a quick little survey I saw on Jill Conyer’s blog about how we celebrate the holidays. Egg Nog or hot chocolate? I love them both, but at Christmas, I prefer Egg Nog. Especially if it’s got a little something special in it. Does Santa…
Post-Halloween Coffee
Thank goodness October is over. Only 2 more soccer games today and Shoo’s birthday party tomorrow and life becomes more normal. Since I’ve been pretty much mainlining coffee this week (my best night I got 6 hours of sleep), I’m going to join Jill and Lynda at the Ultimate Coffee Date and make you listen…
Five favorite things about Halloween
It’s Friday again? Really? This is good, but wow, how did the week fly by so fast? I guess if it’s Friday, it must be Friday Five and since today is Halloween, it must be “Five favorite things about Halloween” Friday! So, here are my five favorites: 1. This guy He joined us on Halloween…
Egg, nut, and dairy free Halloween cupcakes
October is sugar month in our house. Between a mid-October birthday (how am I the mom of a TEEN now??) and a Halloween birthday (yes, Shoo was born ON Halloween) and Halloween itself, it seems like I am always baking in this house during October. Sadly, I’m not the best baker in the world. Add…
That’s my boy!
This weekend Shoo had 3 soccer games. It was like the Ragnar of soccer: 11:00am Saturday, 5:15pm Saturday, and 12:15pm Sunday (heading to that one in a few minutes). His first game yesterday was hot, there were no subs, and it was on a much bigger field than they played on last year. 30 minute…
Deja vu all over again
August. How can a month with so many high points be a month I tire of before it ends? I mean, this month had a beer festival, a half marathon, and my birthday, for goodness’ sake! Yet, every.single.year. I’m in the same mental place by the end of the month. Over.it. I swear I suffer…
Five Awesome Things Friday
Today is a free topic day for the Friday Five link up with Courtney, Mar, and Cynthia, so I’m going to share a few things that are making me happy this week. 1. Old school exercise with my boys. I’m pretty sure my butt is going to hurt at the race on Saturday. 2. Veggies,…
Ultimate Coffee Date #1
I don’t usually post on Saturdays, but I’m feeling the need to do a mind dump because my brain is spinning way too fast for me to keep up. If we were to meet up for coffee in person, you’d find that I’m all over the place, going about a mile a minute, so it…
Ice Skating, a DNS, and STOMP
Last week was super busy. My parents were in town, Jones had an evening orchestra rehearsal and an evening concert, Shoo had a soccer game, I had meetings and work, and Beer Geek was sick, so most of the juggling fell to me. I was happy to see the weekend on the horizon, but it…
Stuck in a Rut
When I became a stay at home mom, I went from a crazy job to a crazy life at home. Jones and I had plans nearly every day plus I volunteered with a large local moms group as the treasurer plus I crammed in running wherever I could. Then Shoo came along and we added…
This IS my normal
My life could best be described as chaotic. And for the longest time, I thought I’d eventually tame the chaos. It appears, however, that’s not going to happen any time soon. I know I’m not alone in this. Life is going to throw you curve balls. It’s how you handle them that matters. I prefer…