What I Love About My Kid Assignment
I'm setting myself an assignment. Three assignments. One assignment per kid. And then one for my husband. Because he deserves one, too. So four assignments. I will write one post per kid (and husband) listing everything I love about them. I've been spending the...
The Day After Mother’s Day Slump
I had a fantastic Mother's Day. Really, probably the best ever. I didn't cook a single meal or wash a single dish. I got my bike fixed. We got a basket for Lucy. Then we went for a family bike ride. (Josh had Levi in a bike seat in the front and Benjamin in a seat...
The Marathon I Was Trying To Sprint
Ever notice how when you get really involved in a hobby it starts leaking into all aspects of your life? Like how you explain the way you see your children? I've been purposely introspective lately about how I see my children, how I treat my children, how I...
Meet-and-Greet Monday: Easter in Hawaii
Josh's dad gave a wonderful sermon in the park, followed by an Easter egg hunt. After all the eggs were hidden, the word "Go!" sounded, to the delight of two small children and one college graduate days from marriage. I could have zoomed in, but then...
The Three-Year-Old Stutter
Is it just my family? Olivia did the same thing when she was three. I'm glad because I don't have to wonder if Benjamin's will go away. For both of them, when they turned three, their little minds started working faster than their tiny tongues could carry out...
Diaper Reviews
I started a Diaper Review page before life got all crazy, and finally added my bumGenius one-size 3.0 review today! This makes a grand total of three reviews (also Mommy's Touch and Fuzzi Bunz one-size). But I have more to add! Look for these reviews to come later:...
Ways That Life Is Not Fair
I have a tan on my legs for the first time in years. And it has been too cold for shorts. I lost 30 pounds and had to buy new pants. It made sense at the time to buy shorts instead. I have been holding my pants up with a belt. See above. The house we drive past on...
Meet-and-Greet: Hawaii, Part One
The day after I promise to post more, I get mastitis. Lucky, I'm already on the mend. Having been ordered by my sweet husband to "take it easy," I figured what could be more easy that sitting on the couch with a sleeping baby and dog and post some Hawaii pictures...
Unplugged and Funky
In case you haven't noticed, I haven't been blogging much lately. Or tweeting. Or facebooking. I haven't logged into Google Reader in months. After Christmas vacation, I started getting serious about homeschooling Olivia. We needed a set slot in our schedule for...
We’re Staying.
There. We made a decision. For the first time since we moved here almost four years ago, we know for sure what we're doing. It's been a very un-sure past four years. Filled with potential job offers that never finalized and real job offers that fizzled out at the...