Elizabeth
Hi, I am Elizabeth! I am married to a Chattanooga fire fighter, and mother to four boys and a princess who test my sanity and patience on an hourly basis. To keep my head above the waters of parenting, I get lost in books and try to articulate my thoughts into words with meaning. Our daily activities include playing outside, wrestling, sword fighting and trying to time everything to produce the most sleep at night. Follow me on Instagram @BossMom_247 for insights on living with boys, possibly a few rants and definitely an overabundance of baby girl pictures.
Why My Kids Don’t Have a Bedtime
Yes, I am the same mom who wrote about sleep deprivation, before you start putting two and two together on your own. "Ah, problem found!" you might think. But I invite you into a...
Road Trip Unplugged: Traveling 1,000 Miles Without Television
"Well, the pioneers did it," my mother mused.
"Yeah, but their kids could run through the prairie grasses and catch rabbits with their teeth. They weren't tied down in a car seat for hours and...
The Great Forfeit
This topic has been on my mind over the last few weeks as I have watched my sister-in-law become a mother. One day we were all together, she and my brother-in-law entertaining our children...
Why Can’t Birthing be like BBC?
A few years ago, I joined the other 96.7 % of women who were obsessed with BBC's Call the Midwife, a television series about a group of post-WWII midwives, nurses and nuns who worked for...
The Complete Kid’s Guide: Hiking with Parents in Chattanooga
Disclaimer: In case you begin to compare your precious progeny's intellectual ability with my own, this post is not in fact published by my dear son, and I have taken some liberties writing facetiously in his name.
A couple...
Saving Money vs. Saving Time
It's 6am on Friday morning and I sneak out of my bed to avoid waking the passed out three year old, who came up to my room a few hours earlier with complaints of...
My Transition to a [Semi] Fit Mommy
Eek. I am cringing writing that title. If you have seen me out in public (okay, Walmart) in my baggy pants and husband's old sweatshirt, trying to run in and grab milk before my...
Sleep Deprivation and How to Survive
Have you ever met those super annoying parents whose kids never seem to sleep and they always want to fill you in on how excruciating their past week of sleep has been? Oh, you have...
Raising Modern Boys Wild
Two years ago, my husband and I sold our first home with its 12 foot square yard, and prioritized our new house search with the biggest yard we could afford for our sons. Our...