Category Archives: Parenting

Maybe He Does Watch Entirely Too Much TV

This isn’t going to be a post about exploration and whether TV is good or bad.  TV has saved my sanity on many occasions.  This post is simply a tiny look into what my son does during the day. 
Walking around the house with a toy car held up to his head like a phone…
“Hello, can [...]

What I Learned On Vacation

I just want to preface this by saying that I am extremely grateful for my mother’s generosity and fully appreciate the time my kids got to have with their uncles and my mom.  That being said…
Taking two small children on a 9 day adventure is not my idea of a vacation.  Not in any uncertain [...]

Be Careful What You Wish For

Because you just might get it.
I want to take back my statement “I am ready for her to be walking.”  Who do I talk to about that?  Who can rewind time and so that I can take it all back.  I am not ready for the movement.  Zoë has been commando crawling for a couple [...]

Good Friends, Good Times, Good People

It has been crazy here at Chez Finley.  Two kids–both with colds, a husband–also with a cold, school–with homework, etc., and the list goes on and on. 
I am starting to stress a little as my wonderful hubby is leaving on Sunday for a week long business trip and sadly, he isn’t taking any of the [...]

He’s A Big Boy Now

I just returned home from dropping Noah at his first day of Mom’s Day Out.  He’ll go on Monday’s and Thursday’s from 9am-1pm.  I know.  That’s what I am thinking…4 whole hours with only a baby who will sleep for at least an hour or so of that.  I know…even better.  Noah will nap for [...]

There Is No Relaxing When You Have Two Kids

You must constantly be on your game and watching.  I love having two kids and those who know me well know that I want more, but today was our first activity outing with two kids and it really is different watching out for two–even though one isn’t really mobile. 
We had an awesome gathering of our [...]

I’m A Quitter….

So, the past couple of weeks have been pure hell.  Since Noah was coerced into giving up his binky.  He doesn’t ask for it during the day and is pretty happy–but bed and nap times have so completely and totally sucked ass.  It has been pure torture.  Turns out Zoë is a better sleeper than [...]

Growing Pains

We are all experiencing them at the moment.  Zoë is again not sleeping much at night–we had a great week and this weekend it all blew-up in our faces.  It has been a rough couple of days.  Noah is growing and changing so much–especially his vocabulary and he is much quicker to frustration when we [...]