Let’s call a truce and end the Working Mom vs Stay-at-Home Mom debate

Being a stay at home mom is the best and hardest job in the world. There are days when you adore your kids more than anything in the world and the next day you’re imaging where you can hide from them for five minutes of alone time. I was a stay at home mom for […]

My First Adventure on a Military Flight: How to Fly Space A

I had butterflies in my belly, not from the excitement of a loved one, but rather from nervousness if my whole scheme would work out. I had heard about the conundrum known as Space A, but knew that it was a gamble if everything would actually work out. I brought my hare-brained scheme to my […]

Military Member Gone: What it’s Like Sleeping Alone

Is anyone else like me?  My husband is TAD or deployed and the idea of getting the entire bed to myself sounds great at first.  I imagine not getting elbowed in the head or having my covers ripped off me in the middle of the night…  

Military Families: Going Home for the Holidays is Hectic

I’ve been reflecting on our yearly holiday journey. It’s always an adventure getting ready for the Holiday drive home. If you’re lucky enough to live close to see your family on a regular basis, then count yourself lucky. Sometimes the journey to see our family can be filled with lots of potholes. Twice every year, we load up […]

What it’s like for a Mom to drive without kids in her car

I rarely find myself driving alone – so when I am, I still can’t stop what comes naturally to me. This is usually what I’m hearing… I’m not used to leaving the car without taking the children with me…. But after a while I enjoy the bliss of serenity, but even after a while, still […]

How My Son Dialed 911 from Skype and the Police Came

Someone is knocking at my door at 8am and they won’t go away. Why, oh why? I’m pregnant, my husband is in Afghanistan and my four year old is happily playing Curious George on PBSkids.org in the next room. I don’t want to get out of bed if it is the FedEx guy. Then my […]

A Holiday Guide When Shopping for Young Kids: What Not To Do

It’s that time of year — the holidays are quickly approaching and many of you are already salivating at all the Black Friday deals that will be coming up this year. I put together a collection of gifts, in the typical Pathetic Picture Style, that we have received from one of my relatives… okay it’s […]

Remembering My Kid’s Halloween: More Trick than Treat

Halloween has always been a fun time for my husband and myself because we love to dress up and go to parties. I was so excited when I had kids because I could get them to dress up and involve them in the fun. The first five years: Boy doesn’t want to dress up. It […]

How my kids behave when I take them to the grocery store

One of my dear friends turned me onto the website Crappy Pictures.  I love this site and it offers me a smile or two most often when I need it most. I decided to try my own hand making my some crappy pictures to depict grocery shopping with my two children… girl age 3 and […]

Military Spouse Life: Groundhog Day In Seasons

Does anyone else feel that their lives are “groundhog-day” in seasons?  For me,  fall season’s daily activities include school, homework, various sports, coupled with the various daily chores of laundry, cleaning, and cooking meals. Each season brings about a different set of activities, but alas, they remain the same scheduled chaos within the week. 

I have a Preschooler: Meet my Enemies

I want to introduce you to my archenemies: pooper-scooper, lip gloss, hand soap, and step-stool. In any given area, my three year old can find something she shouldn’t be into and make a complete disaster in under a minute. My solution has been to place child proof latches on almost every door in the house, but […]

Military PCS: This is why we can’t have anything nice

I remember my life before I had kids. My husband and I were newlyweds, setting off to begin a new and exciting life together. We carted our beautiful new furniture across the US to our first duty station searching for the best place that money could afford… at our BAH rate. We had a problem though, […]