Listen up Winter, I am so over you! I realize that this is not logical thinking in mid-January, but, hey, it’s the way I’m programmed. Right about this time of year, when the temperatures are plunging into the teens at night, I find myself getting restless for Spring. And…
Motherhood, it takes us places we never dreamed of going. Up the hills and down in the valleys, oh yea, and without warning. As I enter my 13th year of being a mom to twins, I’d have to say, so far, so good, and the best is yet…
If you have kids in school, then you know just how volatile their moods can be when they enter the front door after a long day in the halls of knowledge. Call it brain overload, exhaustion, whateva’ you want to, but they remind me of prehistoric monsters when the bus…
My kids told me that they had learned something new from watching a show called, “Fairly Odd-Parents.” It’s a show they sometimes watch after school when they are in the decompress mode from the long school day. One of the characters put on his anti-nag shield in response…
I was reading a post from one of my favorite bloggers, Jan, of The JanBierens Dot Com, http://janbierens.com who is from the Netherlands, about traveling and childhood. This got me to thinking about when I was a kid waaaaay back in the 1960’s, yep I’m that old. Over…
Whoa….. reel it in, what happened to 2012? Even the holidays flew by, is the earth rotating faster or are we just busy and distracted? Whatever the reason may be, Mommies In Orbit wishes you and your family a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year! See ya in…
What would a Mom do with a time out? Well I’m about to get a clue during the next few days, while the kids are in a far away place visiting relatives! I’m all for hanging out with the kids, but every Mom needs a break from the…
There are quite a few ways tell that Christmas day is almost here. Besides the traffic, the crowded parking lots, and snow in the forecast, there are subtle hints all around us. The kids are eager to help carry in packages from the car, when typically they are “too busy” to…
If you have kids, and you’re raising them, one orbit at a time, I bet your universe is expanding at the speed of light! “Light travels at a speed of 186,000 miles a second or 700 million miles an hour.” Just since my twins celebrated their 12th birthday, I…