Mom to Bee

Most of the time, I can’t figure out how to explain to childless individuals how simply amazing being a mom can be. I think this may work though: Last night, as I was putting Bee to sleep by singing our nightly songs (SEVEN songs, to be exact), Bee declared that she was mad. You see, [...]

Bee: Daddy, can you take Bug to another room so I can play? Mr. Bee: Sure, honey. In just a minute. Bug walks past Mr. Bee, trips and falls. Bug starts crying. Bee: Aaaaaawkward… Song title: My Daughter by Bermuda Mavericks

Me: Hey, Mr. Bee. This is weird. This article says that the Seals that killed Osama Bin Laden died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Mr. Bee: Hmmm. Bee: That IS weird! Seals shouldn’t be in a helicopter!! They should be in the water! Me: ((laughing hysterically)) Song Title: From Mouth Of Babes by Old [...]

I’ve been pretty lucky in my life, especially when it comes to my children. I can count on one hand how many times my heart has broken for my children. In fact, as far as Bee is concerned, it’s only happened twice. The first time was when Bee declared to the extended family her intention [...]

Most people warn you about the Terrible Twos. “Ha!” you say. “The Terrible Threes are the worst!” Well, I call Bullshit. With a capital Bee. You see, my daughter turned four in April and during the last month she has been horrible. Well, horrible doesn’t quite cover it. It’s like if you took a lioness [...]

So this last weekend, I decided to take los bebes to my parents’ house about 60 miles away. By myself. I’ll just let that sink in for a moment. Done laughing? Yeah. It was fan-fucking-tastic. At least the ride down was anyway. For the first thirty minutes of the hour and a half drive, the [...]

To My Beloved Baby Bee, My little, squishy, baby Bee. Where have you gone? All I see here is a beautiful and amazing four year old, growing like a weed before my eyes! Who gave you permission to grow up so quickly, by the way? This last year, the year of the Terrible Threes, has [...]

Happy Birthday to my sweet little Bee! I can’t believe that you are four years old already!! To celebrate, Bee would like to write a message to y’all: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz (Holy crap, that just took her like 85 years to type…) She insists I follow up with: “Now I know my abcs. Next time won’t you [...]

First of all, I totally apologize for the photo-heavy posts lately! I have to take this crawl out of the pit of sleep-deprivation and bloglessness slowly… So last weekend, for my parent’s 40th wedding anniversary (which, wow, seriously. FORTY YEARS!?), the whole family got together for a professional photo shoot. Yeah, I know. I’m a [...]

Can you believe that Bug is SEVEN MONTHS old now? I swear that from birth to just four months old with Bee took, I don’t know, roughly a trillion and a half years. Not that I didn’t enjoy it, but I may have been counting the minutes and seconds until she got a bit older/bigger/less [...]