The King of All Wild Things

“And now,”
cried Max,
“Let the wild rumpus start!” 

Happy Halloween ❤

totally sick, dude

My friend Jessica recently asked me what I thought was the hardest thing about being a stay-at-home parent. I thought about it a little and finally decided it was the fact that in this job (and let's be serious, it is a job), you don't get any sick days. When you stay home with your kids, if you get sick, you are stuck more or less "at work" unless your partner can stay home to take care of the kids, and even then you are still in the same house as the kids and aren't really able to get peace and quiet (or, in my case, away from the guilt of abandoning Kurt with Liam).

Lucky for me, Liam is an incredibly empathetic kid and doesn't mind if I put Tangled on and then spend the entire movie sprawled on the couch. To him, it's time to climb on top of me and watch a movie. He usually stays pretty quiet and will sometimes come over and give me a little pat or a hug or even rub Eggy's ear on my cheek (something he does to himself for comfort when he is hurt or sick or sleepy).

Also luckily for me, I have found two amazing medicines that make me feel, if not all the way better, than at least well enough to not completely bail on my son on a sick day when Kurt has to work. Luckily for you, I am going to share the secrets!

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

To completely steal from my awesome sister-in-law, Jenny, I present you now with a new installment of this blog: Liam-isms!

At 28 months now (can you believe it?!), Liam is developing his own little language. Much like Spanglish, Liamglish contains some similarities to my first language (English), but has some words and sounds that are foreign to us all. Here are a few Liam words: