Motherhood & Lifestyle Blog By Amber Kuiper
Motherhood & Lifestyle Blog By Amber Kuiper
Last week I had my good friend and her boys over for a play date. What I love about getting together with her is that there’s freedom to be real. I didn’t race around my house minutes before she came to make it look presentable. I didn’t attempt to create the allusion that I had …
We went out to dinner with some friends a while back and one of the first things they asked us was, “So, do you get stared at ALL the time when you’re out with your kids?” My first thought was, “Why?” Then I remembered that we aren’t normal. I gave birth to four kids within three …
The other night I had the rare opportunity to go to Target by myself. When I got in the car, I unplugged the DVD player that had been playing “Meet The Letters” for the last month straight. Peace. And. Quiet. A 10 minute car ride to think about whatever I wanted. Unlike most trips, when I …
Christmas is NEXT WEEK. Some of us are totally ready for it. Our gifts are wrapped and under the tree. Our menus are planned, our fridges are stocked with food, and our Christmas cards were mailed out the day after Thanksgiving. Others of us still have presents to purchase, wrap, AND mail out. We haven’t thought much …
This morning I did some pajama shopping for my kids while my mom watched them. While I was perusing the store by myself I had time to notice moms around me who had their kids with them. I watched as a mom held her baby in one arm while she paged through racks of clothes …
The other day I had the chance to spend the afternoon with one of my lifelong best friends. We live in different cities and it had been ages since we had the chance to sit down one on one and really catch up. She was in town and visited me at my house. My four …
I keep thinking about how great it would be to have a meeting with all the moms. Every single one of you. It wouldn’t be a meeting in a sterile board room with dress pants and hot coffee. No. It would be in my living room. And there would be toys scattered all over and …
One of the questions I get asked most often when people find out I have four kids under three is, “HOW do you do it?” Besides coffee, there’s only one real response that comes to my mind. “By God’s grace.” When I say that, I’m not just trying to say the right answer. That’s the honest truth. …
This afternoon after we all woke up from nap time (yes, Jake and I included…we rarely miss a weekend nap), we got ready to run some errands. With a new baby, that means feeding him while Daddy gets the other kids ready to go so we can get out of the house as soon as possible. …
Guess what? This was the first whole week I’ve been on my own with all four kids! And I survived! My mom’s been helping me the other weeks, but this week I wanted to go it by myself. It included two overnights by myself too, when my hubby was out of town. It feels great to …
