Holiday Transgresions

Does one just say FUCK LIFE and get away with it? Because fuck you. I'm fighting with my mom AND my sister and they are two chickas who basically run my life. My mom didn't even invite me to my dads birthday party and then my sister who I know is hurting ran off and did her thing. My poor baby Seamus is so messed up that his eye is 4x  the normal size. I know his eye will be chemically killed Tuesday but I just know how bad he is hurting.

I'll raise my kids my way

There are so many articles linked to Facebook about what you can or cannot tell your kids. Don't tell your daughters they are beautiful because then they wont try to be smart. Don't tell your kids they are doing a subpar job of their chores, use only positive reinforcement. Don't, for the love of God, ever spank your kid and especially not in public. Make sure you tell your sons how to be cool, and classy and outdoorsy with a little bit of nerd... I mean, good grief. How does a mom keep up these days? You read one article and then the next completely contradicts the first. I think it's time to put down the phone and just raise my kids the same way my parents raised me. They were sarcastic. They teased me. They told me if my grades sucked and punished me instead of yelling at my teachers. In short, they were awesome. I mean, just look at me!! LOL!! But seriously, I think my parents modeled themselves after the show Roseanne. They were sarcastic and funny but you knew they loved you. I'll just stick to that mold. I tell my daughters everyday that they are beautiful because they are. I tell them how proud of them I am when they do something exceptionally smart and I also tell them when I am disappointed in how dumb they're being. Fashionista gets this way more than Exhibitionist because she is still a baby but you get my point. The real world isn't going to coddle you and tell you that you are doing a great job even if you suck. It's up to us as parents to tell our kids so they can try harder. We live in St. Louis and today they announced that the grand jury has reached a verdict about officer Wilson. Buildings have been boarded up, streets have been shut down, schools have been cancelled and parents have gotten terrifying messages saying to come pick up their kids asap due to the impending verdict release. There have been threats of violence, two men were caught by the FBI for trying to plant pipe bombs. It's like we live in a war zone. I can't help but think if Michael Brown's mother had instilled in her son the same values, we wouldn't be having all these problems. Stealing is wrong. Grabbing an officers gun isn't going to get you anything but shot. Period. Maybe if she spanked his butt as a kid he wouldn't have thought he was entitled to whatever he wanted in that convenience store. So for now, I'll just be over here spanking bottoms, giving kisses and telling my kids how lucky they are to have me as a mom!

Who are we?

So, who are we? My name is Kd. I'm a 30 something year old momma from the Midwest. I love cooking, crafting, DIYing and going garage sale-ing. I have three kids all under the age of 5. First up is Fashionista. She's our feisty soon-to-be-six year old who changes her outfit at least 5 times a day, loves drama and eats like a bird. Next up is the Exhibitionist. She's our 20 month old. She hates clothes, loves her belly and can make you do anything she wants without saying any real words. Finally is Tank. He's 4 months old but wears 6-12 month clothes because he eats like well... a boy. He can melt your heart with his smiles and is the coolest, most laid back dude ever. Just don't let him get hungry. Hot stuff is my hubby who works in the financial world. He works long and hard so I can stay home and attempt to control all this chaos and though I poke fun at him a lot, I love him to pieces. Most of the time. We have two golden retrievers who are our first babies. Shayleigh is our girl, she and I have a love/hate relationship. We fight over snuggle time with hot stuff. She usually wins. Seamus is our boy. MY boy. He is only 7 but recently had a bout of bone cancer so he is of the three legged variety now. He does chemotherapy and will probably only be with us for another year or so. He is the sweetest baby in the world and we are trying to make the next year awesome for him! Well, that's us! Hopefully I can entertain you with stories of my brood, help you with yummy recipes that will only require one arm and try not to burn the house down with my hot glue gun!