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22 days new.

I made this comment to Pete the other day: “I both can’t believe it’s been 3 weeks already…and then at the same time I can’t believe it’s ONLY been 3 weeks that he’s been here” Shep is 22 days new today. It’s easy to remember how old the little one is because the other brother…

6 Lanes and 28 Kids.

When I started researching party venues for Luke’s 5th birthday party, it made me want to punch every business owner in the kidneys for how much they charged for these suckers. Literally, in the kidneys. $400 for 90 minutes to use your precious party room and sip on watered down lemonade for only 10 kids…

Decision 2017.

Nope, I’m not going to word vomit about our current political climate. Or look back on the great election catastrophe of 2016, cuz ew, simply put, EW….I’m talking about another big decision…one that has plagued my mind for the last few weeks…one that is incredibly important to us here, in newly 4 years old toddler…

The first public tantrum. Luke 100 – Mom .25 (only bc I didn’t just run away)

People tell you, “oh wait til they hit 3, it’s really bad” …and you think…eh…I’m sure it’s “bad”, but like…manageable. You managed two newborns who slept pretty poorly and survived that…you can handle a simple 3 year old temper tantrum. You hear the stories from friends. A token favorite(and by favorite I mean…it’s awful, but…

Luke the Dinosaur makes his Preschool Debut. Oh…and gangster dancing.

Luke had his first Pre-School Halloween Parade today at school. I gotta tell you… I LOVE PRESCHOOL THINGS. Not because the production value was through the roof or anything…a speaker in the window from the music room is a far cry from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but it really took NOTHING for me to…