The dealings of death with kids..

21, March 2012 By 3 Comments

You may have noticed that things have been pretty sparse around here.

sunset in arizonaThe Mad Hatter Mom family has had quite a bit on its plate.

You may remember about a month ago I posted about the death of my father-in-law. Upon his passing my husband travelled back home and just recently returned. During that time I faced a lot of challenges.

This goes far beyond the normal challenges of taking care of the kids 24/7 by myself. This included helping my children deal with the death of their grandfather; their grandfather that they saw, played, fished, laughed, wrestled, asked questions to, hugged, and kissed just 6 short months before.

My kids are 5 and 6 years old, they have never dealt with death before. We go to church so they understand what death is, but they have never experienced the emotions associated with losing a loved one.

Because my husband left so quickly to be with his family we didn’t get the opportunity to tell their kids together. The task fell to me.
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Anxiety Filled Energy..

21, January 2012 By 1 Comment

What’s a girl to do when she is riddled with anxiety?

There was a time when my anxiety would encompass me to the point that medication would be required. Once I realized that I didn’t like who I was on my meds I quickly tried to find something else to help with my anxiety.

So, what better to do than to channel all that anxious energy into projects!

I have a full week ahead of me that is pretty empty right now. Instead of doing nothing I’m going to be trying to fill each day with a project of some type. Now, don’t get confused, I’m not going to be doing a different project each day but instead of chosen 3 projects to complete this week. All of them involve my kids’ rooms which are in dire need of some organization.

I want to invite you to come along!

I’ll be blogging each day about my projects. I might not get them all done before the week ends but I’m going to give it hell!

If you want to do some organizing in your kids’ rooms then maybe some of my projects will float your boat. If you are on Pinterest I’ve created my Kill the Anxiety Week Board. Check out the projects and join me in some paint filled fun. :)

kill the anxiety week

I’m spending today making my shopping list and scouring CraigsList for an old dresser to use.. See you next week!! :)

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Top 10: Things I love to hear my daughter say

7, December 2011 By 1 Comment

st jude trike a thonWhile looking at my homepage today I noticed that lately all my posts have been a little impersonal.

I always try to add a story to my reviews to make them more personal, but publishing a gift guide is hard work and sometimes it’s hard to remember to write about other stuff as well.

So, today I bring you the Top 10 Thing I love to hear my 4 year old daughter say.

10. “Mommy, I can wipe my own bottom.” – Not something to be taken for granted people.

9. “Mommy, time to wake up. We brought you your breakfast.” – Happens almost every Saturday. :)

8. “Mommy, can I help you do the dishes?” – If only she will still think this way as a teen.

7. “Mommy, can I help (insert chore here)” – Really, any sentence that starts out like that is awesome.

6. “MOOOMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYY!!!!” – Heard every day when I pick her up from school.

5. “Mommy let’s DANCE!” – The girl loves to move and I’ve been known to shake what my mama gave me.

4. “Mommy! Watch me!” – Granted this can get tiresome at times but I still love it.

3. “Mommy, when can just you and me go do something?” – I love that she wants to spend time with me, just the two of us.

2. “Mommy, can we cuddle?” – I dare you to say no when this happens to you.

1. “Mommy, I love you.” – When this comes out of the blue it doesn’t matter the day I’m having, it’s always brighter.

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