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If You Give a Mom a Romper
This is what happens when you go shopping with a young and hip chick. Fellow parents will likely be able to relate: it’s been a long time since I’ve shopped without a toddler in tow. And while my boys are sweet and frequently flatter me with, “you are beautiful, Mommy” in the dressing room, for some reason, trying on clothes with a toddler who has a hanger in his shirt and is pretending to be a superhero isn’t super relaxing. Even if on the rare occasion I was alone and shopping, never in a million years would I have tried on this romper. And honestly, if my young and hip…
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Home, Sweet Home
Does anyone really enjoy a vacation with young kids? Really – please send me your secrets if you have found the key to truly enjoying a vacation with young kids. We just returned from a week-long trip to California, and while I have loads of memories, I will have to work to ensure that the memories I remember are the happy ones. Truly, it was a lot of work. But one blessing in disguise about vacationing with young ones is that it helped me to appreciate the comfort of home a bit more. Generally I am the type to feel anxious if not on the go. I feel overwhelmed by…
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Full Hearts
This weekend was busy, and crazy, but so, so full. We awakened Saturday with a long to-do list. We are leaving town on Tuesday and have lots still to do in preparation. The boys awakened and began playing with Spiderman and Kid Arachnid. Daddy got breakfast, we wrangled everyone into the cars, and we set out in twos for errands. I left soon after to sing a wedding, and my husband got the house ready for the babysitter who would arrive after naps were over. The first wedding joined a Mexican American & Irish American couple. The music was lovely, the bride stunning, and the families so happy and supportive.…
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Parenting Woe: Public Mom Meltdown
Last night was an embarrassing parenting night for me. I have identified in myself three triggers: 1) feeling watched and judged by onlookers; 2) disrespect; 3) entitlement. Last night – my three triggers collided for a super embarrassing parental tantrum. My kids are a year and three days apart. They are a lot alike and at the same time very different, but the main thing is: they are in constant competition. Constant! All day long it’s arguing and bantering and antagonizing. But I can take that for longer than I can tolerate them being flat-out rude. Last night we attended a formal family dinner that my cousin was hosting on the grounds…
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About Me
Hi! I’m Mollie. I’m a working mom of three sweet and crazy boys. My husband is the love of my life and is constantly trying to keep me balanced and in check. We are a mixed family, and as an idealist white woman, each day I learn another way that this is both beautiful and complicated. We have three kids, two dogs, two homes, two cars, manage properties, work full-time jobs, work side hustles, and try day-in and day-out to do what’s best for our family. I list all these details in hopes that it will sound like your life in some way or another. I list these details to…
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I have a dream
For as long as I can remember, I always dreamt of having an eclectic family; one that traveled, spoke different languages, valued and learned about many cultures, and one that was itself a blend of cultures. In my mind, a mixed relationship was a utopia; the ultimate testament to the ability of love to unite people across differences. And children born of this utopia were thereby representations of love’s ability to transform the world; they would be living and walking inspiration to any who doubted in love’s power. I cannot identify precisely when this dream began. I imagine it started when I got my first taste of traveling abroad; we…
