In an effort to encourage my children to read often – and to read old literature, I assigned them a book report. A new report on a new book is due every two weeks, and every other one, for my two older girls, is to be from a book that can be aquired free for […]
Bonus points if you learn to cook.
Blaine’s been working a lot of overtime lately, providing evenings with just the kids and I. Last night, as we sat around with our banana splits the discussion turned interesting. (When Daddy’s gone… we try to make things more fun around here. It tries to makes up for the Daddy being gone part.) I asked […]
It’s all in my head.
After months of tooth pain but not being able to pinpoint where it’s coming from exactly, I went to the dentist this morning. I’ve never had a cavity, so this was like the walk of shame. They couldn’t find anything wrong. Nothing. In our (family friend) dentist’s words, “It’s all in my head. One way […]
Chaos is becoming the new norm around here.
Chaos. Sheer chaos. I imagine the fact that there are quite a few children running around these parts, and likely a little bit just because they are children, but chaos reigns. One dear child decided to do the heave-ho grab, wrapped arms around Pierce’s legs and picked him up in one less than smooth move. He […]
If… Then.
If you ever wake up without a voice, have seven kids to tend to, four to homeschool, your husband is out of town, and your nearly three year old son decides to put lanolin in his hair in lieu of hair gel, take note. Blue Dawn dish soap washes it out. It’ll take several tries, […]
Travels and an Electronic Rooster
Thursday afternoon, I started writing a new blog post. This is what I wrote: Tomorrow, bright and early if I have anything to say about it, the kids and I load up and drive 10 hours to visit my parents in South Dakota. Elliot has yet to make the trek and meet Grandpa, and we […]
Score one for Momma.
Before we went on vacation, I sat down my son for a chat. You see, we live in the country. Five acres are our very own, and our neighbors aren’t close enough to see what goes on in our yard. It’s grand. When I started potty training Pierce, I encouraged him to pee in the […]
Elmer: the nursemaid.
Blaine found Elmer protecting our home with complete ferociousness the other morning. Kind of hard to take him seriously when he’s covered in kittens, I think.
This is the life.
Ruby asked Eden what “encouraging” means. “Encouraging is… if Liberty died, and you were all sad, and someone offered to help and told you it would be okay, that would be encouraging.” Eden’s sermon notes included “God has chosen the poor as errors…” Oh my. Heirs. Where does she get this stuff? I asked a […]
My week in review.
Last Tuesday night, Ruby tripped and fell in the yard. She screamed about her arm, and cried off and on through the night. The morning found us in the doctor’s office, getting her right arm x-rayed. It showed nothing. The pediatrician thought it was nursemaid’s elbow, and attempted to put it back in the socket […]