20 something mom of 3

I wan't to blog again. I love blogging. Something always stops me though when I think of starting up again, insecurity. I hate insecurity, don't you? It's annoying and stops me from being who I really am.

Did you know I am almost 30? Yep, 30. Yikes, I don't like typing that. There was a time in my early 20's when I had young babies and people used to ask, "how old are you?" I'd tell them and their eyes' would get wide and they would say, "WOW! You are young." That used to annoy me. It made me self conscious and honestly it stopped me from putting self in new situations where others might wonder how old I was then judge me for it. Now, OMG I love telling people I'm still in my 20's! I guess that is what happens when you get older you just don't give a sh!t care what others think of you.

I've decided to take my new found confidence and turn it into something tangible. So I am going to blog again. I am hoping my darling hubby will help me get a real domaine name and a cool design to inspire me to keep blogging because you know how it is ladies, you get busy, there are endless soccer games to attend, mountains of laundry, dishes in the sink blah blah blah...... However, I think a nice pretty space to post my thoughts will keep me coming back.

So if you don't mind poor grammer, rambling and endless photos of my kids come on back and see what's going on in our Red Brick Colonial.

-J

like cream...

last night, after i tucked my littles in and did the daily "put the house back together after tornado g & n," i read this--

The Grace of Now

it spoke to me and i thought i'd share.


happy tuesday.

morning

sometimes i like to get up early, before the sun and my littles are awake and sneak downstairs for a "calm before the storm" moment.

when you have kids you have to get creative with stealing moments away for yourself. forgoing a little sleep for a peaceful moment with a cup of coffee and early morning news shows is my favorite but i most often settle for a shower with the door closed or two minutes alone in the laundry room (my kids are scared of the laundry room).

as i type, my quiet moment has passed. the kids are up, we made cinnamon roles and the soothing sounds of morning tv have been replaced by sponge bob.

happy friday.

is it weird?

photo - concordgreen.blogspot.com

sometimes i daydream about moving my little family to a house with tons of land and an adjoining wooded area with a creek. we can raise chickens, build tree houses and be able to let the kiddos play outside by themselves while i watch from a kitchen window, sipping tea.

is that weird?

what do you daydream about?

letting him be little

like i said before, we tried preschool with noah in september and it didn't work out. at first i was nervous about keeping him entertained every.single.day. without his sister. i don't know why i was nervous though, noah is nothing like gracie,  he doesn't need constant entertaining and honestly is most happy at home with his things.

i love our time together. it is reminiscent of the time i got to spend one on one with my sassy girl before noah was born. we don't do anything specific and really don't have a routine. we just go with the flow, making sure to spend lots of time snuggling and playing cars.

i am so happy i get this time with him because i know soon he won't really care to follow me around everywhere i go. so right now i am content to let him be little because soon he wont.

almost there

i am feeling better. well, better then yesterday. the flu has landed in the paff house, type a to be exact. we have been cuddling, napping, movie watching and consuming massive amounts of tea.

corey did a fabulous job of holding down the fort and tending to us sickies for the past 6 days but no one can live up to my impossible standards of cleaning and this house needs a good scrub.

my plan for today is to use this bad boy to sanitize every single surface in this house.



wish me luck!

my buddy

i love him.



i love him.




i love him.




i want my baby back.

 -joanna