Children | Stacey's Mothering Moments

What might have been

“You will never guess who I ran into.” My husband stood in front of me in his racing gear, his triathlon would start in approximately 30 minutes. I had a baby on my hip and two more in the stroller. My goal was to survive the triathlon in a totally different way.

“Who?” I [...]

11 years ago

Today, I officially have 2 tweens. Miss L is 11 today. One thing I love about having a large family is how excited the other children are when someone has a birthday.

Today is no different. Miss K spent the last two days creating invites to a party for her sister. Miss O [...]

How to prepare for company

I am having company tonight. I should be cleaning. Instead, I am going to procrastinate the inevitable by writing a post detailing how to prepare for company when you have small children.

Step 1: Have a plan. In my head, I know exactly which tasks need to be done and when they need to [...]

Being a kid ROCKS

Ten Reasons that being a kid ROCKS! #1 You can stick your tongue out just because you feel like it. #2 You can make edible crafts. #3 You can peddle as fast as you can. All. Day. Long. #4 You can hang from the top of the world. #5 No obstacle is too great [...]

How do I Carpe Diem?

There has been a lot of chatter lately about whether or not to subscribe to the attitude of Carpe Diem. Recently, I had a commenter that asked me a very valid question. What if I want to Carpe Diem, but I don’t know how? How can I find that Carpe Diem attitude when every [...]

Death to Frosty

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The phone call

The phone rings. I have been gone from home for exactly 12 minutes.

That means the kids are probably fighting.

“Hello?” I say.

Beep, beep, beep. Beepbeep.

“Hello? HELLO! You’ve already called me. Stop dialing.”

Beep beep.

“Hello? Mom can hear you. Who is this?”

“Mom?” A teeny voice says.

“Hi Miss E. What [...]

On being a celebrity

If you ever want to be an overnight celebrity all you have to do is take 7 kids on a cruise.

Easy peasy.

We were known as “the ones with all the kids.” Maybe that’s not the best celebrity title ever, but it certainly isn’t the worst. I’ve always known that our large [...]

My little pirate

I shared this on FB a while back, but it’s just classic. This happened whilst I was showering. And of course she used permanent marker. She is quite the artist though, I’ll give her that.

For more Wordless Wednesdays, visit Live and Love Out Loud, Parenting by Dummies, Dagmar’s Momsense.

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Dancing

Music from the live band floated through the air, the notes falling flat on an empty dance floor. Other patrons sat in beach chairs around the edge, listening without movement. You looked around, intrigued by the sights and sounds. I swayed to the beat and watched you.

You looked at me and smiled [...]