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I poured through my photos yesterday (Thursday) in an attempt to come up with the perfect TBT photo. Dad, since I know you’ll ask, TBT (Throwback Thursday) is when people post old photos of themselves on social media or blogs. Not old as in, “Check out my crow’s feet in this photo,” but old like, […]

For as long as she has had the ability to speak, Averi has referred to yogurt as “dodoke” (pronounced dough-doke). And since I’m a lousy mom with little concern for my child’s cognitive or social development, I don’t bother to correct her. “Sure, sweetheart, I’ll get you some sugar-and-chemical-filled dodoke. Just let mommy finish her […]

I think one of the most difficult aspects of blogging for me isn’t the writing, the photo editing, the video editing, or the constant need to be “in the know” technologically. No, the most difficult part for me is this black hole time waster called the Internet. I spend at least 75% of my dedicated […]

If you guys follow me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, you may have noticed last week that I had a pretty rough time, technologically speaking.

They’re baaaaaaaaaaaack! [What’s back?] The McRib sandwich at McDonald’s! I’m just kidding. I’ve never eaten a McRib in my life. But if you’re a fan, I did find this handy dandy website that records McRib “sightings” all across our great nation. You can thank me in 15 years when all 70 McRib ingredients have processed […]

The kids and I were over at my friend Staci’s house last week for a play date. Staci’s daughter, Ellie, is 8 years old, and Averi is absolutely taken with her. My little girl loves to play dolls with “Ehwie” (as Averi calls her). And Ellie even lets “A-zilla” (as I call her) play with […]

I think the fact that I sit at my computer and do stuff like this—for fun—makes the content of the following graphic even more applicable. I’m ashamed to say that I’m that mom at times. I can’t be the only mom who is guilty of this.

In all the excitement of my in-laws’ visit, I didn’t have time to share with you what happened the day before they arrived. Two Thursdays ago, around 6:30 p.m., I sat down at a favorite, local restaurant all by my lonesome. All by my glorious lonesome. Brian and I try to set aside time each week […]

JJ spent the morning “driving Miss Averi” all around their pretend Kansas City in our living room. “Averi, do you want to go to Union Station and play with Thomas the Train?” “Yesssss!” “You do? Well, sorry. It’s closed.”

This weekend we hosted another round of family here at the Morgan Hostel. I downgraded us from a hotel or motel to a hostel since our visitors have to share a bathroom with two toddlers. And one of them (WHO IS FINALLY POTTY TRAINED, PRAISE THE LORD) doesn’t have very good aim. Also, our guests […]