Dear Princess Peach and Little Dude, Congrats on completing Grade 3 and Grade 1!!!! This year you both started at a new school. I remember the first day of school so clearly. It was nerve wrecking. Probably more so for me than you but our entire family was nervous on your first day. You only knew […]
Happy 6th birthday, Little Dude!
July 17, 2019 By 2 Comments
Dear Little Dude, I cannot believe you are six today! This day makes me so nostalgic to one of the most amazing days of my life. It feels like just yesterday I checked into the hospital for my planned C-section and here you are as a six-year-old! You are a sweet boy who continues […]
Time. That’s all I want.
July 15, 2019 By 5 Comments
Time. It’s a funny thing. There are times in my life when time seems to be inching along painfully slow. Then other times when time is going by so quickly that I wish I had a pause button to stop so could really savour the moment(s). There’s a quote by Buddha that says “The trouble […]
How I told my kids I had Metastatic Breast Cancer
July 4, 2019 By 4 Comments
Since “coming out” with my Metastatic Breast Cancer diagnosis, the most asked question I get from others is: “How did you tell you kids about your cancer coming back?” Before I answer the question I need to say this. I’m telling the story from my point of view, as their mother, sharing how I told […]
The sweet spot of parenting
May 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
I got the kids dressed and ready to leave. We had to be at the park to meet friends in 10 minutes. As I hurried them out the door, I grabbed my coat and my purse, locked the door and left. We got where we needed to go in time, but it didn’t hit me until […]
We’ve banned TV during the week
October 10, 2017 By Leave a Comment
We’ve banned TV from Monday’s to Fridays in our house. To be honest, I can’t decide if it’s the best thing I’ve done or the dumbest thing I’ve done. Time will tell. For those of you who have been faithful followers of My So-Called Mommy Life, you will remember reading a post a few years […]
Today you are 4
July 19, 2017 By 2 Comments
Dear Little Dude, It is mind-boggling that you are turning 4 today (I’m 2 days late! It was on Monday July 17)! I remember being pregnant with you like it was yesterday and here we are with you turning four and starting JK in September! Before I wrote this letter, I went back and read […]
No more bottles
May 31, 2017 By 1 Comment
Three years ago, as I was weaning Little Dude from breast-feeding, I did something that I thought was ok, but my pediatrician and husband disagreed. I introduced a bottle. Little Dude was obsessed with my breasts for one week shy of 13 months. He would pull my shirt down in music class just to take a […]
Why I’m excited for my son to play t-ball
May 9, 2017 By 2 Comments
A few months ago, Little Dude and I had the following conversation: Me: Hey, do you want to play t-ball? Little Dude: Ya! Me: You want to play? Little Dude: Ya. But I don’t know how to play Me: That’s ok buddy. You will learn. And off I went to sign him up for spring […]
That time another mom laughed at me
November 8, 2016 By 2 Comments
Princess Peach’s school dismisses the Kindergarten students at 3:20PM which is 10 minutes before the rest of the students at the school. Right after dismissal Princess Peach likes to play around in the school yard and we often make our way over to the playground so Princess Peach can play with her friends. But, a […]
