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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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As if you couldn’t have guessed the theme for this years birthday party. 🦸‍♂️🦸🏻‍♀️💥 . The celebration continues this week as Caden and Brooklyn turn five and Nolan turns three. It only comes once a year in this house so we hit birthday week hard. Brace yourselves! 🎂🎉🎈 . #threelittlewilliams #birthdays #happyday #superheroes #superheroparty #birthdayvibes #celebrategoodtimes
Go figure that “stand still and show me your heart suckers” was too difficult a direction to follow. . Happy “Valentime’s” Day! 💖 . #threelittlewilliams #valentinesday #myvalentines #heartvibes #momlife #mnmama #twincitiesmom
Jumping into this week like 🦸‍♂️ #babynono #superhero #mnmama #twincitiesmom #mondaymood
“We’ve all heard it. Too many times, probably. Maybe as soon as we pushed those babies out of our bodies or welcomed them into our homes. . ‘They’re only little once. Enjoy it. You can clean the mess later.’ . When exactly is later? I wonder, as I load up the dishwasher with the things we’ll need if we want to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner again tomorrow. In my head I picture a very literal ‘later’: a kitchen overcome with over a decade’s worth of dishes to tackle, after my youngest has presumably left the house. Twenty years worth of encrusted grime. Maybe we could use paper plates, but then who would take the garbage out? (Also: the environment. Not good.)” . {new post up on the @twincitiesmomsblog, Forget Later, link in profile} #momlife #mnmama #twincitiesmom #rememberthis #writingmotherhood
It’s snowing again. And we don’t have anywhere to be today so it’s a perfect morning to just cozy up at home, right? . WRONG. 8:35 am and it has already been a DRAMATIC MORNING over here. Culminating in Nolan placing a sticker on Brooklyn’s drawing in a spot she did NOT approve, causing her to crumple the whole thing up and scream, “THIS IS NOW THE WORST THING I’VE EVER MADE!”. (Okay. I had to smile at that one.) . But now they’re running around upstairs and Batman is tossing batarangs at bad guys while Elsa freezes them, taking periodic breaks so she can “go to the office” to run her “ice business”, while the third who keeps switching between Robin/Anna/a puppy tags along behind. So I think they’ll be okay. There’s hope. Especially that I can continue to eat my breakfast in peace.🤞 . Carry on, mamas. You’re doing a great job. And if you need it today I saw the Incredibles 2 is now on Netflix. So there’s that. 🙌 . #momlife #mnmama #twincitiesmom #thursdaymorning #snowyday #oatmeal
“That was my first thought: this was all some big, grand adventure. Except instead of being really exciting, the adventure was ‘survive being trapped inside your house for a bunch of days with three kids under five.’ . My next thought was to wonder about the homeless. Where would people go? There’s no way to survive this, not without shelter. My heart and mind kept turning back to them. I did hear that shelter workers were out, full-force, to help and encourage people to find shelter. And that city buses and other public transportation would be running all night as a place for people to find refuge from the cold. It made me feel a little better. But only a little. . I raided my drawers for my coziest sweaters. If we were going to be trapped inside, I was at least going to look the part. Maybe this wasn’t an adventure so much as the ultimate hygge challenge. I made plans to hygge the shit out of this thing: I pulled out our warmest blankets, drank hot tea and coffee, sat in front of the fireplace, planned my baking schedule.” . {new post (if you’re not too sick of me talking about the #polarvortex2019 😉), Notes From a Polar Vortex, link in profile} #winter #mnmama #twincitiesmom #writingmotherhood #cabinfever
Scenes from a snow day/polar vortex (part four). . {baking muffins, playing with our superhero figures and Gotham City, LEAVING THE HOUSE 🙌 (to get groceries) followed by about an hour at the indoor playground (so those groceries didn’t freeze), a cookie, another viewing of the Batman LEGO movie, books + snacks} . {not pictured: some choice four-letter words, a long talk about controlling our emotions, lots of tears from a girl who jumped too far and went over the back of the couch, a brother who said, “that was a great jump, though”, building with the marble run, praying the car would start when we left the indoor playground} . {day four done. That’s the last of them, too. Good luck tomorrow, preschool teachers. TGIF indeed.} . #threelittlewilliams #polarvortex2019 #definitelystircrazy #mnmama #twincitiesmom
Scenes from a snow day/polar vortex (part three). . {more morning art time, more superhero play with the Nugget, some cosmic kids yoga, drawing in the frost on the windows, snuggling on the couch, a pre-lunch quiet time because we could no longer all be in the same room, watching the LEGO Batman movie, baking @milkbarstore’s compost cookies, a batcave creation} . {not pictured: screaming, all the tears, the draining of my patience and the appearance of my angry mom voice, some FaceTime calls, the circle they had to sit in to give each other compliments because it was THAT kind of afternoon} . {day three down. forget this weather. I don’t care how cold it’s supposed to be tomorrow. I already put in my grocery order for early morning pick up and we are absolutely blowing this popsicle stand} . #threelittlewilliams #polarvortex2019 #mnmama #twincitiesmom #definitelystircrazy
Scenes from a snow day/polar vortex (part two). . {playing superheroes with our @nuggetcomfort, play doh time, the ultimate soup weather, lots of art time, another Batman movie + laundry, perfect reading weather} . {not pictured: more hanging out with the neighbors, the frigid two-minute walk to their house a few doors down and across the street, the messiest kids bedroom you ever saw, and some yelling cuz I’m starting to lose it a little up in here 😬} . {two days down. one to go...?} . #threelittlewilliams #snowday #polarvortex2019 #mnmama #twincitiesmom #brrr #tuesday #cabinfeverish

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