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Seventeen

June 22, 2022 by not your average mom 2 Comments

My oldest turned 17 today. It’s no joke when people say it goes by so fast.  He was just one year old not that long ago, post birthday cake and feeling a little worn out. 2007 and 2008, the Sesame Street Years, were birthdays Number 2… … and birthday number 3. Back in the days […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: birthday cake, birthdays, growing up, ice cream cake

End Of Summer Blues

August 29, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

The kids start school tomorrow. We will have a first, second, third, sixth and seventh grader. The girls are all very excited for the first day. The boys? Not so much. Especially Number 6 who has been crying every night for the last three nights when it’s time to go to bed. He has a […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: crying, first day of school, growing up, heartbroken, merch by amazon, Number 6, reality, routine, summer, unicorn

Dear Number 7

October 4, 2015 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Dear Number 7, Tonight is the last night I held you as a three-year-old. And I’m sad. You won’t have any recollection of this, but when we read a story before you went to bed, I let you sit in my lap just a little bit longer than usual. I couldn’t kiss you enough. The skin on […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: birthdays, growing up, Number 7, The days go slow but the years go fast

Dear Number 3

January 5, 2015 by not your average mom 7 Comments

Dear Number 3, There is a page in your baby book where I am supposed to write you a letter. You are nine and a half years old, and that page is still blank. I’ve been waiting for that moment to hit me when I knew just the perfect thing to write. Because one day […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: firstborn children, growing up, Number 3, sons

No time like the present.

May 17, 2013 by not your average mom 7 Comments

If you follow my facebook page, then you know that my night last night was, well, not average. But those kind of nights seem to be more and more the norm. I know I have 7 kids to keep alive. Which is more than most people. But I think we are all in the same boat. […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: CCB, growing up, Number 4, Number 5, recital, slow down

In The Blink Of An Eye

March 21, 2013 by not your average mom 7 Comments

Sometimes I can’t wait for the kids to grow out of certain phases. Like the highchair phase. I’ve had a highchair in my  kitchen for 7 years straight. I threw the seat cover away about 1 1/2 kids ago; it had turned into more of a petri dish than a cover. Rather than keeping it […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: blankie, growing up, lovey, security blanket

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