Mad Barking

My heart always beats faster whenever Jack gets into one of those mad barking states. It means there's someone on our property. Nico looks at me with big saucer eyes and Izzy cries with a panicked face. This morning, it was only a deer. No biggie. Then I saw the other 7 deer on our front lawn. Why here? There's nothing yummy in our yard... The kids went from alarm and fright to high excitement at seeing the deer.

Life anew: FORWARD Facing

Life became 3 times easier after I moved the children's seats forward facing. I lasted as long as I could. 23 months. The last month became truly unbearable, then happiness returned.

New Mom Lessons Learned

1. Arrive at daycare when they're serving breakfast. Not earlier, and definitely not later.

2.  Reading Nico Dr. Seuss's alphabet book before bedtime: He tires out half-way through. Need to start reading from the middle of the book, or backwards, or he'll think the alphabet stops at "L".