Patience

I appreciate the well wishes and helpful advice. Our afternoon went much better than the morning. We did a little holding time and that alone makes a huge difference with my child.
I was the alone mom last night as the trusty husband was out of town for work. So the [...]

You can’t fix 2

Life in our house right now is shit. We have endured an entire week with the screaming. The video is the funny screaming. The real screaming comes when you ask the boy, “would you like a grape?” and he says no. I then eat the grape and he says, “grape.” [...]

Propane and Propane accessories

I have to give accolades to the trusty husband for being the greatest dad and husband in the world, and me less that satisfactory remarks for being a day late on a Father’s Day post. However, for the record, I thought it more important to spend the day with my family rather than sitting [...]

Real Women

Lack of comments makes me re-evaluate my site on some days. I know there are readers. My reader base continually grows each month. I am tired of pimping myself for comments. I started this whole blogging thing as a way to update family on our adoption process. Life of Elle [...]

Mommy Wars: Team Parenting

We had another screaming fit this morning before breakfast. At least it happened before breakfast and not during. We can usually diffuse the situation and eventually get the boy to eat if he does it before the meal. Today’s fit was sparked by the trusty husband asking the boy if he wanted [...]

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