Marriage is supposed to be a wonderful partnership where a couple journeys
happily through life alongside their best friend, and it usually is in the
beginning. When we were first married we frequented good restaurants,
movie theaters, bars and enjoyed hiking and vacationing together. We had
leisurely evenings immersed in interesting conversation and had enough money to live comfortably because we were both working and didn't have many monetary commitments outside of living costs. We went to concerts and wine tastings and parties. I remember one Saturday where we lounged around the house and watched one terrible Lifetime movie after another for an entire day. Yes, we actually sat around on the couch for an ENTIRE
day!
And then we had kids. And now we spend our money on Barbies and
legos and diapers. We spend our days and evenings doing everything in our power to prevent temper tantrums and timeouts and encourage sharing and
independence. We start many interesting conversations, but rarely have the
opportunity to actually finish them. We spell out words like i-c-e-c-r-e-a-m or t-o-yinstead of actually saying them (although our days are seriously numbered on that front) and we use bribery to get what we want. Sometimes. There's nothing wrong with offering up a piece of candy for a little peace and quiet, right? We attend countless bounce-house and Chuck-E-Cheese birthday parties and can identify every fast food restaurant with a play area in a 20 mile radius. I will never be without wipes, hand sanitizer, a spare diaper or two, bug bite medicine and a tide pen, all of which fit into my huge Mom-purse which nestles like a puzzle piece on the floor of my Swagger Wagon.
Yep, we are completely smothered in parenthood. And somewhere in
that mess are the whispers of our pre-kid lives, reminding us that we do
not have to succumb to Mom jeans or kid-bop music; that we can still remain
normal adults who engage in adult activities such as watching the
Daily Show, drinking fancy martinis and discussing the latest
Hollywood gossip.
So, welcome to our blog - a place where our whispers will turn into slightly louder voices for the main purpose of allowing ourselves to remember that we are actual adult human beings - not servants of toddlers and small children. Either you will laugh with us because you can relate, or you will laugh at us because you don't have kids yet. But don't worry, your time will come! Enjoy
:)
happily through life alongside their best friend, and it usually is in the
beginning. When we were first married we frequented good restaurants,
movie theaters, bars and enjoyed hiking and vacationing together. We had
leisurely evenings immersed in interesting conversation and had enough money to live comfortably because we were both working and didn't have many monetary commitments outside of living costs. We went to concerts and wine tastings and parties. I remember one Saturday where we lounged around the house and watched one terrible Lifetime movie after another for an entire day. Yes, we actually sat around on the couch for an ENTIRE
day!
And then we had kids. And now we spend our money on Barbies and
legos and diapers. We spend our days and evenings doing everything in our power to prevent temper tantrums and timeouts and encourage sharing and
independence. We start many interesting conversations, but rarely have the
opportunity to actually finish them. We spell out words like i-c-e-c-r-e-a-m or t-o-yinstead of actually saying them (although our days are seriously numbered on that front) and we use bribery to get what we want. Sometimes. There's nothing wrong with offering up a piece of candy for a little peace and quiet, right? We attend countless bounce-house and Chuck-E-Cheese birthday parties and can identify every fast food restaurant with a play area in a 20 mile radius. I will never be without wipes, hand sanitizer, a spare diaper or two, bug bite medicine and a tide pen, all of which fit into my huge Mom-purse which nestles like a puzzle piece on the floor of my Swagger Wagon.
Yep, we are completely smothered in parenthood. And somewhere in
that mess are the whispers of our pre-kid lives, reminding us that we do
not have to succumb to Mom jeans or kid-bop music; that we can still remain
normal adults who engage in adult activities such as watching the
Daily Show, drinking fancy martinis and discussing the latest
Hollywood gossip.
So, welcome to our blog - a place where our whispers will turn into slightly louder voices for the main purpose of allowing ourselves to remember that we are actual adult human beings - not servants of toddlers and small children. Either you will laugh with us because you can relate, or you will laugh at us because you don't have kids yet. But don't worry, your time will come! Enjoy
:)
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