Adventures with Twins, Cystic Fibrosis + a Food Allergy
Surrounded by sand piles and drenched from earlier splashing my kids are laying with their new little friend. Nearby I commiserate and brainstorm about blogging and motherhood and life with my pal Sara (who writes beautiful encouragement for mamas and kiddo adventure ideas on Sunshine …
I’m not sure what people think of when they think of Milwaukee. Beer and cheese most likely? Milwaukee often gets overshadowed by Chicago just a short drive to the South, but it is a city in its own right. People, like me, who were born …
Last spring my kids came running inside, screen door slamming behind them, to tell me that they could hear chirping from the bird house in the backyard. Â We went outside together to discover there was a nest with new baby birds! The best activities are …
I had just said “stand still please” for the fifteenth time in ten minutes and my daughter sighed long and hard as she stomped her feet back to the space next to me showing me she was as annoyed as I was. We had been …
“Look Mama! Spring is here!” one of my kids calls from the backyard. Spotting that first flower in the garden after a long cold Winter is one of life’s small joys and a true sign that Spring is finally here. My kids are often the ones …
It’s 3:30 and the light is already starting to fade behind the apartment building around the park. I give my kids a two minute warning with a sigh. Another long afternoon stuck inside. The long hours of darkness are one of the hardest parts of …
I remember one of the first long days as a twin mom after my husband went back to work. My two week old twins and I spent most of it on the squishy couch in the living room wedged on the nursing pillow. My daughter was …
One extremely hot day I decided to test the theory of “the sun is so hot…” No I did not try to fry an egg, but I did put some colored ice cubes out on the sidewalk and WOW did they melt fast. For a …
I can feel the cold seeping in through our old home’s walls as I watch my twins toddle laps across the wood floors. It is below zero again outside and as much as I love going on adventures with my babies, we will not be going anywhere today. …
“Woah! Look at this one mom!” She holds up her shelf as another foaming wave crashes around her waist. My daughter is on her hands and knees at the edge of the ocean digging through the wet, soupy sand for shells. Every few minutes she …