The Busy Mama ☀️

Finally back on here, feels like it’s been forever! What’s new with everyone? Any wins, chaos, life updates? I missed this space.

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Anyone else way stricter with their little girl than their older boy? Like, why does he get to roam free while she has to check in every 30 seconds? Am I the problem?

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Y’all, I’ve been MIA but I miss you! Flu and all that fun stuff. What’s been happening here? Catch me up!

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I came home and showed my daughter my new nail color, and she cried.

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I asked my husband today, “When do I get to rest?” and he was like, “Oh, tonight, duh.”

No, sir… when do I actually get to rest? This 24/7 grind is earning me three new grays a day.

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Living in a small town means the local Mexican restaurant is just a 1/4-mile walk away—chips and salsa for the kids, margaritas for Mama and Dada. A family outing and self-care all in one.

Am I… Am I living the dream?

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I can see that 😂

Yeah, kinda over those

How was it??

Just over here growing avocado trees in my free time, because clearly, I needed more responsibilities.

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I could cry!

💯!!!!

My boy asked for cereal, so I poured a bowl. Then he said, “I didn’t mean that cereal.” So I poured another bowl. My girl saw him eating and said, “I want cereal too!” Now there are three untouched bowls of cereal on the table.

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Anyone figure it out yet? We’re over here still trying to find when dinner happened..

Work 5am, off 6pm, basketball 7pm, dinner? Done 8pm, bath 8:30… dinner? Bedtime 9pm… dinner???

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It’s way too early in the week for my kitchen to be this messy. This is a Thursday-level mess. Come on.

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Way ahead! No procrastination there.

Anyone excited for Monday, or are we all just counting down to Friday happy hour already? Too early?

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Game changer!

I will say that there are weight restrictions depending on the size of your child.

Weighted blanket… Kid immediately snoring… Why has no one told me about this magic before?

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Took my girl on a coffee and Bath & Body Works date today. She picked out all the sparkly stuff, told me I smelled good, and convinced me to buy a candle I’ll never light. 10/10, would date her again.

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😂 where do I get that

Balancing mom life, wife life, and work life is like juggling flaming swords while riding a unicycle—except the swords keep yelling “Mama!”, the unicycle has a flat tire, and I answer to someone named “The Boss”—kids, husband, boss boss. Ya know?

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No one prepared me for the pre-night-night zoomies.

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I feel like my life is just walking into a room, forgetting why I’m there, walking back out, and hearing, ‘Mama, can you…?’ on repeat. Then the cycle starts over, and somehow I end up in the laundry room.

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Doing dishes. Faucet head falls off. Jet stream hits my face, the fridge, and sprays like a deflating balloon.

Panic—I turn off the water with…the light switch. No… wrong.

Finally turn off the water. Kids and husband in shock. Comedy-club laughter breaks the silence. I bow.

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My instinct is to tell you to be easy on yourself but damn, I feel that! I’m the same way. Try again tomorrow!

Totally!! 2025 resolutions.

Favorite part of life right now:

Cooking while my kids sit at the kitchen island with their iPads, chit-chatting away. I shovel plates of food in front of them, they eat and eat, and I just stand there, watching them.

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If I don’t respond to my girl right away, it’s “Mama, mAmA, MAMA!!!” on repeat until I’m so overstimulated I finally fold with, “WHAT, what, what is it??”

“Look at Elsa’s hair, see it??”

Yes, girl. I see it. I see it.

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I caught my husband playing Barbies with our girl.

He had Barbie fixing a car when she told him, “No, Dada, she doesn’t do that, she’s a princess.”

Watching him adjust to royal life might be the highlight of my week.

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