Aspirations of Patience

I know you want Hawaii pictures.  But believe it or not, it’s easier and faster to spit out written posts than to choose, edit, resize, upload, arrange, and caption picture posts.  I am working on it.  Promise....

Splish-Splash, A Green Tea Bath

He was playing with his toys in the corner of the room the last time my heavy eyes slid closed. The next time they jerked open was when I realized whatever dream I was enjoying should not have included such wet noises. Painfully ripped from blissful unconsciousness, I...

Could… Could it… Is it Possible? Have I reached a new normal?

Today, for the first time since Levi bounded out of the newborn-I-sleep-all-the-time-and-anywhere-you-put-me phase, I have felt like I know what I’m doing with my day. I’m not just scrambling around trying to accomplish something, (or giving up and nursing...

The Quarter Jar

We’ve implemented a Quarter Jar to compliment our Marble Jar.  The Marble Jar is for Random Acts of Kindness as well as a random boost for everyday obedience.  When the jar is full, we make frosted sugar cookies.  (I know, reward them with food and they’ll...

I Now Officially Have Three Children.

For the first six months, I really didn’t see much of a difference.  It still felt like I only had two children.  And this warm fuzzy little clingy immobile thing that slept a lot. But somewhere around Christmas (yeah, about when I stopped posting regularly) he...