After a rainy few days, I jumped in to work in a very muddy yard today. I weeded two flower beds, and started tearing rock out of one bed that’s mostly just sat and drove me crazy for the seven years we’ve owned this place. One lawn mower trailer load of rock out of there […]
Review: A Secret Courage by Trisha Goyer
When a member of one of the Facebook groups I’m in put out a call for advance readers to read and review her newest book releasing April 1, 2017, I jumped at the chance. Author Trisha Goyer has written over fifty books and is the mother of ten. (I admit, I love to read of […]
Sickies. Again.
I have a houseful of sick children. I seem to have something else, with completely different symptoms but I’m miserable nonetheless. Kids that were sick and then better are sick again. These are the days I’m pretty sure I’ll never miss. Puke bowls and the dreaded single bathroom that typically is doable becomes a thorn […]
Dancing, Walking, and Parenting Alone
My WordPress account sits with several half written posts that haven’t been finished. Interruptions abound. Last night was the spring dance for co-op. Liberty could have gone last year as a 7th grader, but she chose not to. This year, with Liberty in 8th and Eden in 7th, they went together. I took them and […]
Loose teeth – at 3.
Happy Pi Day, y’all. I…. Didn’t make pie. Considered it. But then… Life. Supper wasn’t even on the table until 7:30. Pierce lost his handwriting book. I searched and searched. My house is cleaner for it. So is the van. He even searched the yard, in a minor snow shower. I finally gave up – […]
Single parenting fails and virus: round three.
Miss Elliot got a Strawberry Shortcake doll from Grandma and Grandpa for her birthday. She hasn’t let it out of her sight since. She has no idea who Strawberry Shortcake even is – but a doll that is covered in strawberries and smells like one? Oh my, yes. She’s in love. Blaine left Monday for […]
Elliot Adelaide: three
Today Elliot turned three. For what was likely the most anticipated birthday yet, she planned and plotted for months, deciding what she wanted for her day. Gifts: she has no clue what she wanted. She just wanted strawberry pie. She’s never had strawberry pie in her life, but she loves all things strawberry and she […]
Adenovirus, Scoliosis, and the Zoo
After a week of colds followed by a week of adenovirus – a cold that hasn’t learned boundaries – we’re finally well. Stellan’s eye maintains its boogies but that’s normal for him, so we’re going with it. Oh. My. Word. Google says it’s common. I say it’s evil. Vomit might be preferable. When the doctor […]
Brothers
I love how much these two love each other.
Valentine’s fail.
So after our cookie baking day Monday, six kids woke up Tuesday with what the pediatrician labeled adenovirus. Only Charlotte and Ruby escape it, and escape it still. 251 cookies, y’all. And we got to go to the doctor and come home. With some very disappointed, Valentine-party-missing children, we compromised. I ran their Valentine boxes […]
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