My son, adorable child that he is, light of my life, bright and sensitive little soul, child that I’d walk across fire for…is driving up the fucking WALL. He’s in a new screaming phase. Not to be confused with any previous screaming phases, where he would get upset and shriek this bloodcurdling scream that would [...]
I love this picture. I loved watching this in person even more, though. The kids were out playing in the backyard, drinking in the gorgeous fall weather. I’m encouraging them to get out there as much as possible, because during the spring and fall in Colorado, it’s not unusual for it to be 80 [...]
I’m sure you can imagine how many chicken nuggets and sticks of string cheese we go through in this house. Buying our pantry and freezer staples in ginormous quantities just makes sense for our family, so we spend quite a bit of time and money in Costco. And I think I may have posted here [...]
I want to write about my son. I don’t even know how to put into words what’s going on in my brain, though. It’s such an overwhelming time for us right now, and please don’t misunderstand me - it’s a WONDERFULLY overwhelming, frighteningly exciting time. He’s moving forward and doing so many more things [...]
Well, this is the last week of school for my little monkeys. Technically, the last day of school isn’t for another week and a half, but since we’re leaving on vacation this weekend, we’re wrapping it all up in the next few days.
Today, my sister and I went to breakfast with the little girls [...]
Laura, also known as LaLaGirl, is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married to an enginerd named Paul, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism. In addition to playing Barbies and pretending to eat plastic food all day, Laura spends most of her time folding clean laundry, obsessing about the amount of sugar her kids eat, and vacuuming up Polly Pocket accessories. She's obsessed with Yo Gabba Gabba, red wine, and Family Guy. She also regularly contributes to How Do You Do It? and authors the following blogs:

