Decided to teach Charlotte to nap in her bed instead of in the swing. Turns out, it’s all my fault we’ve gone through more batteries than I can count. She went right to sleep – and is still sleeping an hour later. Day three of napping in her bed. That was easier than I thought […]
One brain cell at a time.
Why is it that when a child leaves the step stool in front of the bathroom sink (and this is all together common around here) I will just stand on the stool to wash my hands or brush my teeth? As I was brushing my teeth, elevated another foot in the air, bending in half […]
Baby’s got a new hat. Time to go to town.
See that button over on the side for 4Sisters4Freedom? That would be my husband’s nieces, four girls crocheting for a cause. They are selling their handiwork to raise money to fight slavery. I ordered this hat for Charlotte. The bow is one we made – I love that I can switch this out to match […]
Happy Valentine’s Day to you.
Tomorrow is our co-op Valentine’s day party for all of the kids. The girls did cards, but that seemed silly for Sterling and Ruby’s class. I can only assume there aren’t very many child prodigies in there that can read, and since Sterling can spell but not write his name and Ruby thinks her name […]
Sometimes, you just have to improvise.
Charlotte’s been drinking a bit of goat’s milk lately. Momma’s body doesn’t do so good at supporting three, unfortunately. So when Charlotte woke up as I was making bread the other day, she nursed while I measured out salt and flour. But when she was finished – and yet not – out came the bottle. […]
Oh, baby baby.
Before fall, our family will increase in size once again. The kids, at that point, will be 8, 6, 4, almost or actually 3, and 11 months. And a newborn. It was starting to get a little dull around here, I suppose. Bring it on. We’re going to have a set of Irish twins around […]
Sweet 6 year old.
Eden Rayne turned six this past Tuesday. For her birthday, it snowed. And snowed. And snowed – like Missouri rarely sees. So much, Sterling asked why it was still snowing, since the grass was covered. He was amused to find out that the snow does not know when the grass is covered, it just comes […]
Happy birthday, baby girl and other short stories.
So… Blaine’s home. I mentioned that. I have a cold. Mentioned that too. It has me pretty wiped out. Coughing all night isn’t real restful in and of itself, and it wakes up a baby. A lot. And if anyone knows why I talk in my sleep when I have a cold, I’d love to […]
Blaine’s home. And back at work. It’s so good to have him home finally. I haven’t loaded the woodstove once since he arrived. And he cleaned the chimney – again. One week after I’d cleaned it. Turns out, the wood we’d had delivered and didn’t start burning until that really cold spell was likely still […]
Meet our friend, Tad.
Dear Leap Frog, Twenty dollars seems like an extraordinary amount of money to pay for a stuffed talking frog. But I have to give it to you. It was a brilliant idea. Baby Tad is much loved around here. We have two. I’m trying to convince my son he doesn’t need his so we don’t […]
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