Julie Breithaupt
Hey! My name is Julie and I use too many exclamation points! My husband Grady and I are attempting to raise two wild women, Mia and Reese. We live in Shawnee where our faux bulldog Marge rules the roost. My hobbies include driveway drinking, going to parks and desperately trying to have date nights. My likes include the Jayhawks, coffee, craft beer and ChapStick. My dislikes include samesiders (people who sit on the same side of the booth when no one is on the other side), jerks and grocery shopping.
My (Slightly Offensive) Motto
I’ll cut to the chase. It’s "don’t be a jerk." So many tense, awkward or otherwise annoying situations could be avoided if people simply chose not to be jerks.
Case in point:
I’m patiently waiting...
Sometimes I Wonder
It was one of those brilliantly sunny evenings when we were all outside, the kids were playing together and my husband and I were able to simply sit at the patio table and watch...
Carnival Survival Guide for Parents
Summer is (almost) here and carnies are descending upon Kansas and Missouri like ants to a picnic. If you’re like me, you know the main motivation of hauling your children to one of these...
A Love Letter to my Children’s Other Mother
Dear My Daycare Lady aka Other Mother aka Miracle Worker,
Where do I start? How do I properly thank someone for loving my children and treating them as your own?
I guess I should explain to...
Mac and Mia: Because Really, Who Has Time To Shop?
I should preface this by saying I am not a big shopper. At all. It has just never been my thing. I get bored and definitely can’t handle having to sift through racks of...
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Raise your hand if you’ve wanted to run screaming from your house during a few too many days of being cooped up with your kids, husband and pets. I have a feeling I’m not...
Self-Acceptance: Practice What You Preach
If you’re like me, as moms, it feels like we are constantly working to teach and reinforce acceptance and love to our children. Maybe it is just because we’ve come off an unbelievably volatile election...
Second Child Syndrome
When I was pregnant with Second Kid, I would have mild panic attacks when trying to fathom how I could possibly love that child as much as First Kid. It did not seem possible...
Ch-ch-changes: Putting Family First
I am typically terrible at change. I am a homebody at heart and tend to form very close bonds with family, friends and co-workers. But this year, I made a conscious decision to channel...
Swim Lessons: When Is It Too Soon?
Three years old. There. Blog over. Just kidding. Kind of.
Being the dutiful mom that I am, I decided to enroll my 3-year-old daughter in swim lessons this summer. It’s important to know how to...
