It’s not uncommon to hear people whine about “getting older.” Chances are you rarely hear anything positive attached to that phrase, so allow me to rock your world with something I came up with all by myself: One of the greatest privileges of aging is the acquisition of perspective. Boom. Didn’t that sound like, totally… Read More »
The only thing I have ever successfully sewn is a jumper I made for myself in 6th grade. For weeks, I labored diligently over some blue and white checked fabric. My patient sewing teacher, Mrs. Robinson, coached my clumsy hands to success. It was nothing short of a miracle. That I have never repeated such… Read More »
Yesterday I had a golden day. Do you get those? Basically, I just had a really great day with my little dude. But not just “great,” this one was golden. There were many of these days in the past. Chaucer was a cherub baby sent straight from heaven. He made Anne Geddes angel babies look… Read More »
Hi guys! Today I have a special treat for you! My friend, Adrienne from The Mommy Mess is here today! A while back I was over at her place making a huge mess talking about the time our toilet and bathtub exploded with a poop volcano, and my ceiling fell in and everything on my… Read More »
Bathtub crayons are either the best or worst idea ever. It’s all about your perspective. And the fact that they truly are the best and the worst. Your kids will think of them as an untapped art media chock-full of potential {and so do you–when you buy them}. You may even get some reading done… Read More »
It’s Thursday! That means its time for another Writer’s Workshop over at Mama’s Losin It. 1.) Happy almost Mother’s Day! Share a parenting moment where you really began to realize what this mothering thing is all about. *** Motherhood is about dishing out lots and lots of grace. It’s about pushing the restart button forty million times… Read More »
They say that good fences make good neighbors. If that is true, then we have the crappiest neighbors ever. Our bent and rusted chicken-wire is perhaps the worst fence of all time. This is our fence. But you know what? I have the BEST neighbors. Ever. Like ever ever. Like Full House, Family Matters, and… Read More »
There haven’t been any conversations with Coco that I’ve wanted to write about lately. Now if I wanted to write about arguments with Coco there would be an abundance of ripe material. Maybe I will someday…I’m sure it would amuse everybody but me. I’m usually at the end of my rope and ready to check in… Read More »
There’s something about watching your kid learn something new with other kids. Whether that be preschool, soccer, gymnastics or ballet—you’re in for some nerves. Or at least I was. Coco started ballet about six weeks ago. She had never been in any sort of class (beyond Sunday school) and I thought that parent participation was… Read More »
“Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white They are precious in his sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world!” Coco: “But what about the purple ones?”
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