This summer has been the busiest since I had children. Perhaps even the busiest for me ever. I complain about the driving sometimes. I complain about the price of gas quite a bit. I miss having my kids home with me. But, I love seeing them so happy and thriving in what they’re doing! Olivia started her [...]
“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” –e. e. cummings I’ve been thinking a lot about what a friend wrote recently about being pigeonholed into [...]
If you respect your children, they will be respectful. If you trust your children, they will be trustworthy. If you are generous with your children, they will be generous. If you are patient with your children, they will be patient. If you model curiosity to your children, they will be curious. If you are kind [...]
We went to the beach. We went to the grocery store. We took a nap. (Well, 2 of us did.) We played outside. We went online. Levi rode his bike. Mesa played on Webkinz. Mesa wrote her penpal a letter. Olivia talked on Skype. Olivia played on Build-A-Bearville. We made a Mexican feast for dinner. [...]
Every day in our home is a little different as I’m sure it is everywhere. This is just a sampling of a normal day for us. I usually get up with my husband in the morning and watch the morning news with him and make him breakfast. He leaves at 7 for work and I [...]
Joining in on an awesome, impromptu blog carnival over here. I’m the mom that lets her kids eat brownies for breakfast (and lunch and dinner). I’m the mom that will sleep on the couch rather than wake her kids up to make room in the bed. I’m the mom who has pink or purple or blue hands [...]