Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas! Have a wonderful day of Peace, Hope, and Joy! Love, Mama, the Geek, Mr. Charm, and Mr. Happy
Author Archives: Carrie
A Christmas Eve Letter to My Sons
My Darling Boys, It is Christmas Eve today. Tomorrow morning, the four of us will sit down in the living room to watch you open your gifts and attempt to capture the joy and magic of Christmas morning. But before we do that, I wanted to tell you something important. … Continue reading
Christmas Decorating
Every year, Thanksgiving Thursday comes and goes and I enjoy one blissful day off on Friday. I sit around with the family, do nothing but eat leftovers, watch movies, play games, and enjoy the company. Because come Saturday? Christmas begins. We get out the Christmas Tree, I crank up my … Continue reading
Tips on Traveling With Toddlers With Food Allergies – Updated!
I decided to put my previous post about traveling with food allergies and kids to the ultimate test: I invited fellow travel experts, my Flight Attendant co-workers, to read it and add their two cents. Based on their input, I made a few additions to my new, improved list of Tips … Continue reading
Attack of The Vicious EGG and the Cunning Cheerio
Yesterday morning, the Geek let me sleep in just a little bit. At 8:30 a.m., he walked from the living room, where all the boys were hanging out, to our bedroom, and said “Mama, get out of bed!”. I woke up and said “OK”, he turned and walked back towards … Continue reading
OK, This is Getting Ridiculous
I stepped on the scale at some point after the latest sickness had hit me. 123. One hundred and twenty-three freaking pounds. That’s a FULL 67 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight. It’s a sizeable drop of fifteen pounds in less than two days, as well. TWO DAYS. FIFTEEN POUNDS. If … Continue reading
Help! Strep Got Me By The Throat!
So Friday afternoon, I was sort of feeling…unwell. I should have known something was up; my patience with the kids was at an all time low for both Thursday and Friday, and that usually indicates Bigger Problems on my end. The Geek got home from work, and I basically don’t … Continue reading
My Childhood Home
© SumPics Photography / Pixoto A few weeks ago the kids and I returned home from visiting my parents in Houston. At one point during our stay, I looked around and realized: This might be the last time I visit my parents in my old childhood home. They’re talking retirement … Continue reading
Mr. Happy Crawled!
Yesterday morning, not five minutes after the Geek left the house to go to work, Mr. Happy crawled for the first time! Just a little one-two crawl, then he face-planted. But still! He crawled! He did the same thing a little later in the day, just before the Geek got … Continue reading
Schedule Schmedule
We’re all better in the Casa now, except for one little sick-time hangover: our schedule is totally shot! Don’t get me wrong; we were never terribly precise about our routine…but we did HAVE a routine. The kids and I usually got up between 7:00-7:30 a.m., Mr. Happy would usually take … Continue reading