a big (little) family

Trying to maintain my sanity and live to blog about it.

House Rule #327

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327. When needing to use the commode and deciding to be lazy and use the pasture, realizing the reason that boys can and girls can’t, not appreciating the feel of drip drying, raiding your father’s pickup for paper towels, and going on your merry way, remember this: You must find a garbage for your drying […]

These are a few of my favorite things…

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Clotheslines sagging with clean drying diapers over freshly mowed grass (and dogs that photo-bomb), little boys making mud pies and the fruits of their labors, has-been hair do’s that aren’t anymore… Flowering chives and buzzing bees, and sisters pooling their talents for birthday present pictures, promises of sweet things to come, brilliant blue eyes and […]

Summer nights.

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One of our favorite things to do on a warm evening. (One of these days, I’ll learn to count to six and realize Eden was busy cooking another marshmallow after donating her first to Charlotte and she never got in the mix of messy s’more eating children. Oops.)

The story of us. Part nine.

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Read part one here. Read part two here. Read part three here. Read part four here. Read part five here. Read part six here. Read part seven here. Read part eight here. The neighbors. Oh, the neighbors. The ones who shared our building were the hardest part. He was on house arrest, she was angry […]

Sterling Blaine

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This freckle faced boy of mine turns six today. Sterling… just finished Kindergarten learned how to read this year excels in math loves all things practical loves to build and fix things wants to be an Architectural Engineer loves hugs hates haircuts loves Jesus almost always has his shirt tucked in has grown up so […]

Notes to Self

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Kasey from WalkingRedeemed.org has written a blog post called “Notes to Self”. It contains notes she’d have written to her pre-child self, if given the chance. Inspired, here’s my own list: 1. Don’t take it personally. They are children. Despite all evidence to the contrary, they aren’t doing things just to get on your nerves. […]

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We were invited to go to Silver Dollar City with friends yesterday. For non-Missourians, it’s a giant Christian-run wild-west themed park. Roller coasters, rides of every shape and size, and food and stores and music and and and. It’s amazing. It’s expensive. Friends have season passes. Season pass holders get free “Bring a friend” passes. […]

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TOS Review: Joyce Herzog

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We’ve been using Joyce Herzog’s Scaredy Cat Reading System Express as part of the Old Schoolhouse Review Crew for the past month or so. Primarily Sterling, age 5 (for a few more days!) and reading fairly well, was the one who used Scaredy Cat Reading System Express, but it’s been written for readers of all […]