I knew going into my adoption disclosure that it wouldn’t all be sunshine and rainbows. Life, you see, is ugly sometimes. Messy. Unexpected. And every now and again, shit hits the fan and you’ve gotta deal with it. Nobody is exempt from that, it’s just part of the reality that is living in this big old… Continue reading Before you open the box…

Kids give great advice. Some of the best advice I’ve ever received and the most important life lessons I’ve ever been taught have come from children, especially my own. It’s the little things that as grown ups, we forget or we’re too busy for, and it’s the things that make all the difference in the… Continue reading Advise me

In my last post, I referenced co-sleeping.I started co-sleeping with F when he was about two weeks old. There was a multitude of reasons behind this decision, the least of which being that I was too lazy to get up and walk across the room when he cried. Then there was the fact that my… Continue reading Bedding

Perhaps it’s related to the fact that there are a couple of slightly older boys in F’s preschool class, but my darling boy has officially decided that he can no longer sit down to pee. I’d be completely unbothered by the whole thing, but F has also decided that he needs me to show him… Continue reading Raising Boys

Blame it on my place of work, but I’ve got nothing but Christmas on the brain lately! We’ve been talking about Christmas since I started work with The Salvation Army back in January, and now – 10 months later – I am up to my eyeballs in Christmas from Santa Shuffle to Beary Merry and… Continue reading Handcrafted Christmas