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I'm Shannon. Interior designer turned stay-at-home mom of three (boy-girl twins + another little guy). I live for coffee, reading, and a good beer. Let's throw pedicures in there, too. This is where I scribble my thoughts about motherhood and life. Enjoy!

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Caden is the only one of my three who really cares about meeting Santa. We had the chance to meet with him briefly on Saturday morning. Caden prepped beforehand by drawing a picture of Batman because “I don’t think Santa knows who Batman is”. Before we walked out the door to leave he dashed back to add the Target logo to the top left corner, so Santa knows “that’s where he can buy Batman LEGO sets”. Hope Santa took some good notes. 🎅🏼 #cadendude #santaclaus #fouryearsold #christmaslist
“While my kids may refuse to eat soup, they will never turn down a plate of pasta. Nobody in this house would dare look away from a bowl of hot, glorious, Parmesan cheese-covered carbs. Penne, angel hair, fettuccini, orecchietti, linguine, tagliatelle, tortellini, ravioli. We may not claim a drop of Italian blood but when it comes to pasta we are all in. . ‘What you make, Mommy?’ Nolan asks every night while I cook dinner. I guarantee that when I show him a pot full of boiling pasta he does a big dance, smacks his lips, and screams, ‘Pasta! Yay! Nummy nummy num num num!’ If you haven’t caught on by now, subtle this kid is not. . Basically what I’m saying is, if you want to be a hero in my house at dinnertime, make pasta.” . {new recipe post, Weeknight Pasta with Sausage and Broccoli, link in profile} #scribblesrecipes #foodie #weeknightfood #comfortfood #pasta #foodmykidswilleat #twincitiesmom
When you get your first official LEGO set but you’re still only two years old so you have to call in the experts to help you put it all together (and your big brother basically does it all in 20 minutes flat). #threelittlewilliams #siblings #itsbetterwhenyouworktogether #mondayafternoon #legosfordays
“Don’t you just love seeing the Grinch play?” Caden asked me tonight (loudly, of course) right in the middle of it all. Brooklyn sat on the edge of her seat the whole time with big, bright eyes, Caden asked questions throughout, and Nolan sat on one lap or another with his hands over his ears 80% of the time because he was terrified of the Grinch. 😂 Nightmare-inducing terrors aside, this minor theater nerd is happy to report that since Nolan joined us this year, now all of my children’s first theater experiences have been of the live, not movie theater type. We’ll see if we can convince Nolan to ever join us again. 😂 🎭 #threelittlewilliams #christmastraditions #familytraditions #thegrinchwhostolechristmas #childrenstheater #livetheater
This afternoon tea has become a ritual for me. A hand-warming pick-me-up on these long, cold, dreary days. . It’s not magic. Much as I would like to say a simple cup of tea uplifts and refocuses me, that it banishes all negative emotions and settles my being into a sense of calm with every sip, that’s not true at all. I still get impatient and frustrated and count the hours until bedtime. It doesn’t take away the annoyance I feel at a toddler who refused to nap today. My body still feels tired and longs to curl up on the couch with my tea, a blanket, and a good book. . Yet it’s comforting, this simple, relatively boring mug of black tea. I think I breathe a little easier with it in my hands. It’s not magic, but I think I’d rather drink the mug of hot tea than not at 3:30 in the afternoon, y’know? . #rituals #wecelebratecultivate #littlemoments #selfcare #ccfreewrite #afternoontea #momlife #mnmama #twincitiesmom
The Christmas decorations have been up for four days now and everything seems just a little bit merrier. Except for all the times I’ve threatened to take the tree down because three sets of excited little hands just can’t resist the shiny ornaments. 😂 #threelittlewilliams #christmasdecorations #merryandbright #momlife #lifewithpreschoolers #mnmama #twincitiesmom
“If only you hadn’t put him in timeout. If only you’d disciplined him in a different way. If only you’d gotten them ready to leave instead of disciplining him at all. If only you hadn’t chased him up the stairs. If only you hadn’t been so angry. If only his nice, even teeth weren’t ruined. If only. If only. If only. . My mind told me these things over and over again, these accusations all layered with the crimson stamp of GUILTY... . The negative labels come so much quicker to my brain: failure, awful, incompetent, not good enough to be a mother, sinner. The timeout, the chase, the fall, the blood, the tears, the mess, the guilt. You chased him. You were angry. You made this happen. It’s your fault. All yours. . What about the positives? I have to dig for those. My brain is more prone to condemnation than to praise.” . {new post, If Only (On Changing the Story in My Head), link in profile} #babynono #momlife #mnmama #twincitiesmom #choosingpraise #changingthestory
A hot chocolate (or is that marshmallow?) break after all the excitement of Christmas decorating this morning. Everything looks more festive and joyful with those lights twinkling in the background. ✨ #brooklyngirl #threelittlewilliams #christmasdecorating #tistheseason #ohwhatfun #mnmama
Pictured: things to be thankful for. ❤️ Today Caden is thankful for books (#boyaftermyownheart), Brooklyn is thankful that we’re going to a “Thanksgiving party with all the people”, and Nolan is thankful for “CANDY!”, which he screamed with a fist pump and the exact face shown here. #threelittlewilliams #thankful

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