I joined TMP in 2009 and I must say I have LOVED my experience here! The women I have met share so many common factors with me, and those who don't still understand. No one judges you here! Some days I don't know what I would do without TMP!! From the ...
This seems the be the newest, and most popular, phrase in my three year old's vocabulary. Whether it's putting away her toys, finishing a meal, washing her hands or even going potty. My Mia has already completed that task and done so quite thoroughly to her standards. Does anyone ...
Back when i first met my husband i knew pretty quickly that he was "the one". The one i wanted to spend my life with, the one person in the world i would ever consider having a baby or two with. When we decided back in 2007 that we would ...
The love of jello! Growing up my mom and dad made what we called knox blox. They'd make all different shapes, sizes and colors. Of course, I had to kick it up a notch. Mia and I set off on our rainbow jello journey with a trip to the grocery store. ...
We can't shield our children, or ourself, from grief and loss, but we can teach and learn valuable lessons about how to cope with feelings, how to accept a loss, and how to handle emotions. The things we teach our children no matter the cost are what make them the ...
So the storms let up but the rain is still here.
We were able to go to the park yesterday during a dry spell, and she had fun climbing up and sliding on the big kid slides. She also learned how to swing. I got her started and taught her how to move her legs to keep herself going. She was mighty impressed with herself.
We came home and she helped me ...More
As I write my dog is under the coffee table, trembling in fear of the thunderstorm we're having. I am charging my laptop so I can continue to work when my electricity goes out, as it inevetibly will. My toddler? She's under the table with the dog. Complete the picture with the dog trying to hide under her as she covers her ears with her hands. I admit it is ...More
Like most mom's of the world I have one child (age 3) that will eat anything and one (age 11) that I contemplate strangling every night as dinner hits the table and she says "Ew! I don't like that." Now mind you she has usually never tasted "that" so I restrain myself and give her the options "Eat it or Starve." Eventually we both grew tired of the struggles and ...More
Just to preface.. the picture to your left is the guilty. If it looks too cute.. he probably is LOL
So my morning started out normal. I gave the boys breakfast, got them dressed, packed their bags and away we go to daycare. They go for 4 hours on Wedneday to get them ready for when I go back to work. Up here in Canada it can be pretty cold in ...More
So this morning I woke up to the sounds of Wild Kingdom on the Discovery channel. Cameron often times gets up before me in the mornings and will sit and watch TV so he does not disturb me and I can sleep longer till my alarm goes off. So as I woke up I could hear the program, and I realized the feature was about baby cubs in the wild ...More
