Bedtime is a battle of the wills. Like with most toddlers, my oldest makes it a nightly challenge to see how long he can delay sleep. Water? Check. M&M’s after pee-peeing in the potty? Bribe - check. Cowabunga and Booyancey (this essentially is a game in which he jumps on our bed and we knock [...]
If you have spoken to me since April, you’ve probably heard me say a few things:1. Covid is stupid.* (Please do not take this as a political statement. It’s my coping strategy. Extroverts need the world.) 2. I’ve enjoyed the extra time with my family.3. I love my air fryer. I have become pretty good at [...]
Poop landed on my floor three times in two weeks. We’ve been in the throes of potty training, and in the meantime our little one-year old experienced digestive issues which resulted in a few explosions. Yesterday, we found poop on a wheel of Josiah’s indoor scooter. Disgusting. And yet last night, when I asked Josiah’s [...]
I went to Egypt last week. In the midst of coronavirus, I toured the Great Pyramid of Giza and climbed the steep walk into the heart of the structure for the first time. The plainness of the walls surprised me; I expected lots of paintings and hieroglyphics. The tour guide excitedly shared with me the [...]
There’s a lot of heaviness in our world today. People from little children playing with toys to grandparents living in nursing homes feel it. 2020 has been difficult, to say the least. Wildfires. Covid-19. Quarantine. Injustices. Racism. Politics. Hate. It feels suffocating some days, like we are under a dark cloud that is bearing its [...]
At 8:07 a.m., I decided I wanted to quit momming for the day. I was tired and cranky. I hadn’t had my coffee. My ten month old still doesn’t sleep through the night, and super-sonic mom hearing causes me to be the only one that hears him while my sweet husband sleeps peacefully. Even after [...]
Katie Emmanuel 