Toddler Punishment

Tonight I sent my two year old to her bedroom 30 seconds into dinner & I’m confident I did the right thing. It sounds harsh just writing that sentence out…. especially if you know Madison. Honestly, she’s a doll. Soft-spoken & so smart it’s scary. She’s polite and witty and a doll with her sister. [...]

My promise to my girls

We (your father and I) will not always like the person you bring home for us to meet. We have high expectations for you two. We want you to find amazing people to share your life with.  They must be kind, caring, loving, respectful, intelligent, thoughtful, motivated, inspired and above all else they must treat [...]

The box

There’s a box that sits in the corner of my bathroom gathering dust & dog hair tumbleweeds. Sometimes fully exposed, often times poking out from a pile of wet towels and dirty clothes. Such a peculiar & meaningless home for an object that I allow to dictate my self worth. This box spews numbers out [...]

Talk to me about “phases”

The Osborne girls are going through some “phases” right now that are really sitting heavy on my heart. The past two weeks have been exhausting and trying and I’m really to the point where something has to give. First up is Madison. She started preschool in the middle of August and loved it from the [...]

The post I’ve been scared to write

I’m terrified to say this out loud but I’m going to go ahead and put it out there….. Hannah is the easiest baby on the face of the earth. There, I’ve said it. It started off as her being the world’s best newborn.. and I know a lot of you will say that all newborns [...]