Author Archives: Jessica@Team Rasler

Ten thoughts during a tantrum and one after

1.  Why is he screaming this time? 2.  I am never offering to go downstairs to get his water bottle again.  Even though I have no idea why that caused a meltdown today and not any of the hundred previous times I did it. 3.  This is ridiculous. 4.  Don’t laugh, even if he does…

The opposite of bad

I started joking with Sebastian a few months ago about how only his bad mama would do certain things.  For example, his bad mama would leave him in a dirty diaper and not care if he got a wicked rash as a result.  This was obviously said in a moment of writhing, screaming rage at…

Has spring finally arrived?

After a snowy morning yesterday, today it was a sunny spring afternoon. It’s like the universe knew that my soul was withering away from all the rain and cold and constant illness we’ve had, and it sent me sunshine. And my soul smiled.

Happy birthday

We have five birthdays to celebrate today and tomorrow.  We were hoping to give wishes in person for two of them, but yet another cold may have made that impossible.  Nevertheless we practiced the proper song for everyone, and I caught this version here to send to Grandpa Marv in Toronto. In my opinion, the…

How did I live without this?

I love, love, LOVE my new iPhone. This is my first official post on WordPress, written on my phone while one boy sleeps and the other plays. Awesome. Then again, perhaps I am on the phone too much these days. Sebastian has been using his a lot more lately…