Too Honest Moms

"Parenthood is magical." "A new baby changes your life in such unexpected ways." "Everything is different after you...

You know those home tours and makeover reveals where everything is pretty and nice. Well, this ain't one of them. I recently posted a...

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 ...

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...

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...

Playing with butter "You LET him do WHAT?" The thing that people question the most about my parenting is The Mess. It is always ab...

When I was attending a conference at IUPUI the summer after my junior year of high school, some of the college students on campus lamented, ...

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 am writing this post for my 5-year-old son, who is a believer in science and research.   You know, except when he's determined that he...

  My Auntie mailed me a pile of smash books. I think they were supposed to be used to document the boy's lives. I am using them to ma...

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 was the perfect parent.  Seriously, I was stellar.  I knew exactly what to do in every single situation life could possibly throw at me...

"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 want to let you all in on a little secret: I do not, DO NOT have my shit together. Not even a little bit. The Christmas tree is still ...