Boss Mom, Doing Everything I can for My Littles
Hi there! I'd like to share a little about who I am, and what I do. First, I am a mom of 2 amazing boys. Bodie, the baby, is under 2 and Arlo is 6. I work full-time at a company that makes medical rehabilitation devices (the kind that fixes your arm after a terrible accident) and my husband is a high school math and computer science teacher.
I started the shop, and our sister shop, Sour Patch Apparel (For Mamas), to help supplement the costs of raising our family in a creative way so THIS Mama gets something out of it too! My 6-year-old was recently diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and it has been an insane 3 years getting to this point. With the Pandemic, and his bubbly personality, we were passed aside and waved off over and over again but honestly, we were drowning.
My little dude started Kindergarten last year and we are navigating our new world together as a family. We knew Kindergarten was going to be a challenge for Arlo, but we did not expect him to start "eloping", which is when a child gets overloaded and simply takes off. My little guy would get bored in class and grab his backpack and simply leave and go to one of the 3rd-grade rooms so he could "learn harder things". Ironically, that behavior landed him on half days for 4 months while we worked it out with the school system. In fact, we are "still" working it out with the school system and we need to prepare for a future that includes paying for services in education and therapy... because that is the world we live in unfortunately.
I am inspired by STEM themes because my little guy is into science and math. I wanted to put forth something different; something you can't find everywhere else. My husband and I designed everything in my shop out of love for our boys and out of love for Science and Math (and a little tech too). Arlo just loves everything to do with patterns and numbers and we think that is reflected in our shop. Bodie, the baby... he loves Pizza. Deeply. And believe me, there are days we are soooo happy about that!
Thank you for checking us out, thank you for your support, and for supporting all small businesses!
