By Kelly I am tired. Really tired. I haven’t gotten a good night’s sleep in … well, I don’t remember how long. Since July maybe? I know this is to be expected. It’s part of the baby package. And, to be honest, I don’t have it as bad as many new moms. Teyla, like my…
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Dose of Reality
By Kelly Hi. My name is Kelly, and I’m a parent of three children. Natalie is 7, Connor is 4 and Teyla is 8 months. As you might suspect, we’ve battled our fair share of colds over the years. In fact, Connor and Teyla have colds right now. My walls echo with the sounds of…
If You Give a Child a Muffin (Tin)
By Kelly I’ll admit it: Lunch is the ugly red-headed stepchild at my house. I have a long-standing love affair with breakfast. Egg scrambled with spinach, bacon, mushrooms and avocado. Pancakes sprinkled with cranberries and blueberries or maybe bananas and brown sugar. French toast topped with pecan praline crumble. Rosy grapefruit. Fragrant strawberries. And coffee….
Dollar Bin Compassion
By Kelly Normally, I love the dollar bins at Target. They are right up front, filled with all sorts of cheap trinkets and chic treasures. They are glossy and bright and alluring and everything is a dollar. (Except for the items that are $2.50. Sneaky Target executives, I’m on to you.) I try to walk…
Almost Lake Wobegon
By Kelly It was rainy and cool in Minneapolis this past weekend, harbinger of an autumn that’s coming on much too fast. Fighting the doldrums and Early Onset Cabin Fever, my husband and I gathered our three kids Sunday afternoon and headed to the Minnesota Children’s Museum. We hadn’t visited since spring. Summer is glorious…
Mom, The Fashionista
By Kelly Yesterday, I spent 90 heavenly minutes in Ann Taylor Loft shopping for new clothes. The older kids were in school, the baby napped in her stroller, my travel mug was filled with steaming Sumatra with hazelnut cream. I may have floated a little as I browsed through the sweater selection. It was glorious….
Bedtime Thoughts
By Kelly The kids wouldn’t go to sleep tonight. They sat in their beds and read books and played Legos and skittered down the stairs to suggest that they might sleep better if they could just get some scissors out of my office and create a pretend computer out of paper before turning in for…
School Daze
By Kelly I know for many families in the United States, school is already underway. Which leads me to ask, “Seriously? School on August 9? Who does that?” Here in Minnesota, school doesn’t start until the day after Labor Day. (It’s the law.) And while I don’t want to sound all high and mighty, I’m…
Margin
By Kelly Last night, as I waited for my brain to turn off and the drowsiness to descend, I read through my journal from last year. I was sad and slightly startled to see how much depth my writing had 12 months ago. These days, my writing tends toward the surface and the amusing. Nothing…
The Hallway of Pew-Pew
By Kelly Warning: This post is not for the weak of stomach or the faint of heart. Or for those eating breakfast. Especially if you’re eating Cocoa Puffs. Connor, my three-year-old, is currently potty-training. He’s not all that thrilled about it, since he’s just fine with diapers — even if they are sagging to his…