Too Honest Moms

So I may have publicized my annual Christmas meltdown this year. Oh well. When you live with small children you learn that melt downs are ...

I am so over Christmas. O V E R I T. We decided to do "Christmas lite" this year and I can't even hack that.

We had a conflict of interests this morning. Kiddo wanted to play in the first snow of the year (sans pants), Baby wanted to sleep in, Momm...

We haven't dropped off the face of the earth-I swear! I'm stuck in renovation/unpacking hell, and Daisy is in the throes of fall ...

Remember that "It gets better" campaign? The one about how life after high school is so much better and you don't have to worr...

Kiddo wants to potty train in theory, but not so much in practice. It has been a struggle. His CSID has not helped. Because I respect my re...

 We've sold our house! (And now the chaos will begin for real.) In honor of an exhausting solo weekend with the boys, negotiating a dea...

I'm not gonna brag or anything, but I'm pretty freakin' awesome at this Mom gig. I mean, I turned an old t-shirt into...

No kidding, this really happened: "I'm hungry, I want to go down stairs." "I am feeding brother right now, can I get you ...

This looks like a sweet picture of a boy and his dog. It is not. This is a picture of a boy who has run a dog around in circles until she...

The Personal Assistant wanted to make his boat float, so for the first time ever, he took my hand and marched me up to the bath. Then he ne...

Back when Hubster and I were dating long distance, a client asked me to show her step son around town. Ok. Fine. He, knowing absolutely noth...

I hate tantrums. My son hates tantrums. And yet, here we are living in tantrum central. I know all three year olds have tantrums, but my kid...

When we found out our oldest son had CSID I was panicked that all the hard work we had done to diversify his diet and make food fun would be...

I need a shower. It is how I wake up. It is my five minutes of not touching anyone. It is warm and therapeutic on my aching back that is no...

"Please, just make it happy" I hear myself say, "Not scary, not like last time." I didn't want to be deciding to hav...

I am stuck on the couch with round ligament pain, the wind chill is too low for outdoor play, and the Personal Assistant want to "mak...

Everyone is fussing about the polar vortex. They have no idea. The real trouble is what happens to kids and therefore stay at home parents...

Christmas around here is a DIY fest, and I love it. I might be crazy, but I grew up getting DIY gifts made lovingly by my parents and I thin...