I love my children. All eight of the beautiful, wild, crazy monkeys that they are. I do have to admit though - they are weird at times.A few months ago I was getting something from the garage (I can't remember what it was but it must have been important for me to be in there because I … [Read more...]
BACK TO WORK?
When my oldest daughter was born my life changed - drastically. No more shut eye, no more late nights, no more crazy sex where-ever, whenever, however, no more wild parties - you get it - I was entering a new chapter in my life.I continued to work as the head Coach of a gymnastics club … [Read more...]
Parents of child actors – a full time job
If you read my two other posts about child actors you are now aware of the work that is involved for the child, but for the parents (in my case parent - just me) there is so much work as well that sometimes I feel as though it is my full time job.For example last week I was traveling from just … [Read more...]
Birthday parties – yes or no?
Over the past fourteen years I have hosted so many birthday parties that I have lost count. Each year it became more and more of chore and expensive. Having them at the home was an option on some occassions but when you have as many children as I do it gets harder to focus on the … [Read more...]
YES I MAKE BABIES BUT I CROCHET TOO!
So after my last post about my precious sibling bonding time some of you were shocked when I mentioned I was crocheting a birthday present. LOL I thought it was funny so I decided to post some pictures of some things I have crocheted:Above is a matching hat and poncho I made for Arielle. … [Read more...]
PICTURE THURSDAY
Okay so I have seen many other bloggers use certain days where they post a picture so I thought I would be a copy cat and jump on the band wagon so to speak. As I think I mentioned before in post I am terrible at keeping up with photos so maybe this will help!As much a little terror Ryley can … [Read more...]
THE SIBLING BOND
It isn't always easy being the oldest child and having siblings who have a disability. For my oldest child there has always been a slight burden on her to watch out for her brother who lives daily with aspergers and a mood disorder. It isn't always fair but it is the reality. Being … [Read more...]
THE ZOO KEEPER
As usual my children are driving me nuts, and of course with the warm weather here it is even worse as they run back and forth through the back door. Out then in, out then in, and with this comes the dirt because after years of playing in the backyard there really isn't any grass left. … [Read more...]
Keeping it real – Confessions from this mama of 8!
We all know that I am not ashamed to admit that occasionally (okay almost daily) I want to tell my children to just shut the f**k up, but what about the other things that many mothers really are afraid to mention or talk about? You know the things you swore you would NEVER say or do during your BTBC … [Read more...]
“SHUT THE F&** UP!”
The other day my daughter came home from school and started in on me about a Drama camp she wants to go to this summer. I told her I wasn't sure if it was going to be affordable at this point and I would have to wait and see if we could manage it. She walked away grumbling a bit but … [Read more...]
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