#MomLife

I recently had the opportunity to read a great children’s book written by Christine Bronstein. The title of the book is Stewie BOOM! and Princess Penelope: Handprints, Snowflakes and Play-dates. I am always interested in finding new resources and such relating to children with different special needs. My son, Logan, is developmentally delayed. Sometimes it can be hard interacting with other families, friends and even our own family, not everyone understand and that can make not only kids but adults, possibly even more so. This book is great for families with a special needs child to share with their friends and family. It is also great read for children to educate them about differences and that we should embrace them not avoid them. I feel like this book would be especially appropriate for elementary teachers and early childhood educators to read to their classes. As a parent my favorite thing about the book was at the end there were tips about having a play-date with a sp...

I am in such a rut right now, I feel like I have nothing to say. I’m not sure if it’s because I am just tired of writing and typing for college that my brain has no new ideas left at the end of the day. I have a couple ideas coming for the boys birthdays. Tuesday I will have a post going about this new children’s book my kids and I have read. I really like it and I can’t wait to tell you about it. Be sure to check it out when it goes live in 3 days!

It has been almost a whole year since Logan’s 2nd Birthday! To celebrate Logan’s Birthday we had lots of balloons, decorations and a baseball ice cream cake with the kids, my parents and myself. Also, my Aunt, Uncle and Cousin dropped in to wish Logan a Happy Birthday and have some cake with us. I had planned a big party for the weekend after his birthday but basically everyone invited couldn’t make it so we cancelled it. Instead, the kids, my mom and I went to the mall that is an hour away to go to Build-A-Bear and do some other shopping. On the way home we got blizzards at DQ, and all three little ones were fast asleep by the time we got home. Logan had a great birthday weekend, I am so glad because I was heartbroken that he wasn’t going to get a party with our whole family. I seriously can’t believe that he isn’t my tiny little Logi Bear anymore. Although, he is still such a momma’s boy and I love it! Since turning 1, Logan has learned to walk, gotten all of his baby teeth and s...

I have recently been inspired to try to live and parent in a more minimal, natural way. The source of this inspiration comes from my son’s daycare, where they have incorporated nature into their play not only outdoors but indoors. I am always interested in learning new ways to encourage my kids to want to learn, so I did some research. I looked into Child-led play, loose parts and such. There are so many benefits for children; calming neutral colors, using their imagination to create things and learn new about things. These kinds of things scare me a little bit because I like things organized and done the “right” way, like when it comes to things like games and crafts. In certain situations I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist, however I am looking forward to challenging myself to let go and allow my children, as well as myself to have fun and create memories. When I think about it, looking back to when I was little, I don’t remember much about new toys or shows. My fond mem...

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If you couldn’t tell by the picture below my our new pet is a hedgehog! Her name is Trixie and she just turned 3 on March 3rd 2018. We got her on the 15th of January 2018 from someone who had previously bred her. I have always loved hedgies and have wanted one for some time now but there never seemed to be any to adopt near where we live. So we were happy to find one right in our town. Trixie is super sweet, and the kids absolutely love her. She is pretty low maintenance and doesn't make much noise. She eats just a regular hedgehog food and isn’t usually interested in fruits and veggies, etc. She has a fairly large cage that I keep on top of a bookcase in my basement living room area. Trixie’s first night with us I didn’t have a cage yet so I kept her in a plastic tote, with no over of course. My cat woke me up in the night meowing really loudly outside my room but that isn’t uncommon for him so I went back to sleep. When I woke up in the morning I went to check on Trixie a...

-Newborn Lucas, One Day Old- This handsome little boy made his grand entrance into this world the very end of May 2017. He was born perfectly healthy, weighing in at 7lbs 13oz. My labor and delivery were fairly quick and all went smoothly. I had the most wonderful nurse that I will never forget, she went above and beyond for me. My hospital stay was short and a tad lonely with no visitors, so it was nice to get home quickly. I missed my two little kiddos at home. Chloe and Logan were so excited to meet their baby brother. I did end up finding out the gender before birth, and choosing a name was so hard. I couldn’t decide on any, Chloe was the one who ended picking the name in the end.  I wasn’t sure at first where I am not a big fan of the nickname Luke, but I warmed up to the name and Lucas became a better fit than I could have imagined. His nickname name is B, it all started because Logan BB for baby. The whole family started to just say B to Logan when referring to Luca...