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Mama In The Now

Boy Mom Life With Humor and Hygge

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“It is Just a Phase”

“It is just a phase, it is just a phase, it is just a phase” - this seems to be my mantra and my secret to surviving motherhood some days. How can I as a mom get too frustrated with my kids, if I keep in mind that this too shall pass and it’s just a rights of passage for the little boy? Well - I can View Post

Filed Under: Our Life, Parenting, Toddler (2-5 years) Tagged With: brothers, cute, family, Happiness, live in the now

Letter to Jonah – Homestretch

Dear Jonah, I am sitting here at 11:00pm on a “school night”, unable to sleep because of my pregnancy insomnia, various aches and pains - and simply because I have too much on my mind. But it’s OK - everything is as it should be at this point. We, you and I, are 33 weeks into our mother-son View Post

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Birthday Letter to Jordan

Happy 5th birthday Jordan! Thank you for the best, the hardest, the happiest, the saddest, the toughest and the most incredible five years of my life. You show me every day that life is not just black or white - it is colored with every shade of the rainbow. When you feel, you feel deeply and View Post

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Birthday Letter to Jansen

Dearest Baby Jansen, You turned two years old this past week. I am blown away at how fast time has passed, actually zoomed right past us. I have not even had a chance to complete your baby book with all the important dates of when you first rolled over, crawled and walked. I have them written View Post

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The Beautiful Spirit of Halloween

Happiness is seeing the spirit of Halloween in full force. That’s right - I said the SPIRIT of Halloween. I am not talking about the blood, gore, and fright. The tomb stones, skeletons and zombies adorning our neighbors’ yards are also not what warms my heart. However, watching our three boys View Post

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I am a Danish American mom of four boys parenting with heart, humor and hygge. Join me on this crazy ride. You will laugh more than you’d expect!

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