A long time ago, when the twins were first born I wrote a post about motherhood the way I saw it. It stirred many emotions in people because at the time I was criticizing two women who were struggling with motherhood & who also happened to have postpartum depression. And though I wasn’t criticizing postpartum depression, I [...]

I started this week out strong with pictures but took NONE on Thursday, Friday or today. By Wednesday evening things in this house were basically in upheaval and Thursday was a nightmarish extension of Wednesday evening. (Think car got fixed & returned Wednesday only to have it break down and have to be towed away [...]

Things are getting so crazy in our house with three little (BIG!) personalities pulling me every direction. But OMG I DIE at how cute these kids are together. The playing in groups KILLS me. Yeah, I had to bust out some black box action on that last one. 1/2 naked babies are adorable- but someday [...]

We’ve been sick. Sawyer came home from my Mom’s with a bit of a runny nose. No biggie until Tuesday morning Truman & Hudson also had runny noses & I had some sinus pressure & that strange “i’m probably getting sick” tickle in my throat. I made it through Tuesday but was feeling pretty crappy. [...]

Today marks the last day for cloth diapers in our house. Truman got this really temperamental rash recently & I seriously tried EVERYTHING but the only thing that seemed to help was switching to compost diapers. And compost diapers? Well, they are freaking EXPENSIVE. Like, $1 a diaper. So, we had to leave our service that we’ve [...]

The Brandt 5 are all feeling much better. Much MUCH better. I think I may have been going a bit stir crazy after a solid month of being sick coupled with several weeks of sick babies on medications & trips to the doctor’s office & the ER. I find myself taking every single opportunity to [...]

4/5 Brandts are on medication. Sawyer has croup/RSV Tru has RSV Hud has an ear infecton & RSV I have pneumonia or RSV pending results. Scott- wades around in other people’s poo all day so he has an immunity system of steel. Bastard. Which is why this mama is up at 12 even though I [...]

SO, if it wasn’t clear to you at this point- I am broke. Like, really really really broke & I have a large family & long list of gifts to buy. I have been really good so far with my purchases and since we don’t have a credit card- I pay cash. That helps us [...]

You guys, TODAY. WAS. AN. EPIC. FAILLLLLLLL. So last week I may have briefly mentioned that Scott’s van was in the shop for well over a week? And how my car broke down on the way to pick his car up from the shop only for his car to STILL be broken and require 3 more days [...]

No, not REAL Magic Mountain. Coyote Point Magic Mountain: It’s a pretty cool playground, but I am SO SAD going there because when I was a kid it was a giant network of concrete tunnels & slides & we used to take field trips there & eat in the park & fly down the concrete [...]