A stable just down the road from us gave homeschoolers riding lessons today. I have four very pleased children who are now desperately wishing for their very own pony. In Ruby’s words, “I want a horse and some cows for my birthday.” I’ll get right on that.
Announcing…
My very first giveaway! Two people commenting on this blog or on a big (little) family’s facebook page here will win a coupon for a free bottle of Purex Triple Action laundry detergent. I’ll announce winners tomorrow night.
Use lots of soap.
I finished weed whacking last night and told Blaine I was getting into the shower. Four shocking words left my love’s lips and we both stared and sputtered. “Use lots of soap.” Completely aware of the reality that I hadn’t showered that morning, had spent two hours mowing and another half hour trimming, all in […]
Define: Chastisement
I printed off an “If/Then” Chart from here this morning. Having heard of them many times but never pursued finding one, I decided to try it. It’s a lot like how I already parent, but perhaps we will find it helpful. I walked the kids through the list, stuck it in a page protector and […]
Outtake #1. Almost more fun than the good ones.
One nasty virus has hit our house. Five loads of laundry down, the laundry room no longer smells of vomit. Back to the humor of it all… just as soon as the bleach dries. In the meantime, one family photo outtake, taken just hours before the first stomach pain hit: Blaine’s not even in it. […]
The many grimaces of Charlie [Blonde].
Hey, Charlie! Smile!
Pierce 7 months.
Somebody feed that boy. His cheeks are nearly sunken! Really though, ever had to powder a neck because of the rash the rolls can cause? Yeah, we’ve got that going on here.
My funny for the day.
Sterling got his first Lego set for his birthday. Guess what I did this morning? I built everything in the book so his little farm would be complete. Guess what Ruby did? Took them all apart. *Sigh.* Then, much to my chagrin, Sterling did this: You see, living where we do, where tie down […]
A letter.
Five years ago tomorrow, I woke up with a start at 6:30am. I wondered if I was possibly in labor, dinked around our apartment, showered and wondered if it was The Day. 39 weeks and 2 days pregnant, I was afraid to get my hopes up. I called a friend at 9am, she said she […]
Does is matter?
Sterling asked me this afternoon why bugs don’t like to die. We got into a discussion about the fight for life God gave each of us. “But we all have to die, when we’re old, because we sin,” Sterling said. Contemplating this heartbreaking reality from a mother’s perspective, I sat there quiet for a minute. […]
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