Always evolving, Never Average
Number 7 turned eight years old on Saturday. She asked for: cake ice cream seaweed (the kind you eat) Nutri grain bars a Lego set a watch a scooter with nothing girly on it and a dog She got a cake (decorated by Number 4) and ice cream, seaweed and Nutri grain bars (she tried …Read More
Today is my grandma’s birthday. I’ve been thinking about her a lot in the last twenty-four hours since the Skillet Throw and knowing it was her birthday the next day. My grandma was not perfect. She was kinda judgmental and a little bit of a racist in a super naive and ignorant way. But she …Read More
Fourteen years and six months ago after polishing off a bottle of wine and a pack of cigarettes by myself, I took a pregnancy test. I have no idea what prompted me to do this or why I even had a pregnancy test at home in the first place. It was positive. I was drunk …Read More
It was Number 7’s birthday on Friday. She turned seven years old. Number 7 has the latest birthday of all the kids, so she is always waiting and waiting and waiting AND WAITING for her big day to come. Everyone who knows me knows I have an issue with over-the-top birthday celebrations for kids for …Read More
On Number 4’s 7th birthday we started a birthday tradition. Instead of getting a bunch of stuff, Number 4 and I had a birthday experience. We had very little money at the time, and I contacted a local salon and they offered to give us complimentary manicures and pedicures and Number 4 got her hair …Read More
I will often greet my kids with a “How is my favorite third grader today?” Or a “How is my favorite eight and under swimmer?” On the kids’ birthdays, when I wake them up in the morning or when they come downstairs I say, “How is my favorite [however many]-year-old?” Of course they love that …Read More
I am always confused by the people who post birthday messages to their young kids on Facebook. You know, the posts like “Happy Birthday to the kindest, smartest, most beautiful, talented and amazing 12-year-old I know. We love you so much!” These confuse me because the kids who are on the receiving end of these …Read More
I am not anti-birthday celebration. At all. But I am anti-massive-birthday-parties-for-kids-every-year. As I try to simplify and focus on the things that are really important and rid my life of stuff that doesn’t make me happy or improve the quality of my life but takes up my time, money and energy, over-the-top birthday parties for …Read More
If you’ve been around here a few years, you know how I feel about birthday parties for kids. I don’t love them. You also know that I’m on a major quest to reduce the amount of stuff we have here in our house. This has led to a birthday tradition with Number 4 where she …Read More
Happy Birthday to my favorite 7 and 8-year-old! (Yes, exactly a year apart! No, they weren’t scheduled C-sections!) Time sure is flying. Savor the moments! Not Your Average T-Shirts. Check ‘Em Out! please take 10 seconds to vote for me 🙂
