Dear Son #1 & #2, I thought you might be interested to know that I was quite a different person before I became a parent. (No, I'm not talking about the ability to stay up past 9:30pm or being able to have more than one glass of wine – without having to go to bed… Continue reading Before I became a parent…
Dear Son #1, Sometimes, I confess, that as a parent I conjure up these ideas in my head and think it will look like something from the cover of "Today's Parent". Today, for example, I thought it would be a magical bonding moment to bake together. And it was, for the first 3 minutes,… Continue reading “Let’s bake together!” said no sane parent ever.
Dear Son #2, Sometimes I wish time would slow down and give me my quiet, snuggly, and compliant little baby back. But alas you are growing up way too fast just like your brother. With growing up comes OPINIONS. Something you had very few of before. You used to happily sit in your… Continue reading In my OPINION, you have too many OPINIONS.
Dear Son #1, You really are such a kind hearted little boy and I want to say first off, thank you for always sharing with William and I. Your generous nature is admirable. However, when it comes to offering us "a bite" of that giant booger you just picked from your nose, we're good. So… Continue reading A bite?
Dear Son, So you may be wondering why I gave you markers to colour with this morning. Then left you alone for 2.67 minutes. To be honest, I'm wondering that myself. But you will come to understand that Mommies aren't perfect you know, we make mistakes too. And our toddlers help us learn from our… Continue reading I Heart Crayons.
Dear Son #1 & #2, One day I hope this post will serve your future wives/mamas of your children well - if you decide to one day get married and have children of your own that is. And I approve of your choice of wives. Because no one will be good enough… Continue reading Sometimes Mama needs…
Dear Son #1 & #2, This past week we learned the definition of the stomach flu and let me tell you it was NOT the following: stom·ach flu noun A short-lived stomach disorder of unknown cause, popularly attributed to a virus. THIS was more what we experienced: stom·ach flu with chil·dren noun A never-ending stream… Continue reading Stomach flu, a Mom’s definition.
Dear Son #1, Today is a special day, it's Christmas! Merry Christmas my dear boy and thank you for not waking up at 4am this morning. You wouldn't have found me very merry at that time. Christmas is a very exciting time for a little man like yourself. It's full of lights, music, trees, chocolate,… Continue reading Merry Christmas!
Dear Son #1 & #2 As this year is coming to a close, I started the usual end-of-year reflections as I went about my day-to-day fun of cleaning up poop, snot and regurgitated breast milk. Not only did I think of how the last few years have been the best years full of love, laughter,… Continue reading I never thought I’d say…
Dear Son #2, This weekend you turned four months old and you're getting so big and growing up way too fast. I feel that one day I'm going to blink a little slower than normal and you're going to be getting married, having kids of your own before I really have a chance to prepare… Continue reading When you’re an adult.
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