So, here’s the scoop on electronics and practicing… I hate, HATE, hate (and yes, I am aware that hate is a strong word) the way my children are so easily drawn into screens. Their eyes glaze over, their ears stop working, and they turn into little zombies while watching a movie or playing on the…
One year ago yesterday, we ended our Caribbean cruise. I thought I should maybe start posting the rest of the pictures. This is the girls getting ready to go to the beach on Grand Cayman Island. But, this post has nothing to do with the beach or the cruise or anything like that. It’s…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…with lots of fake berries and leaves! Last week I found myself in need of a new wreath for my front door. The one I made a couple years ago was pretty much destroyed in a windstorm last year, and I didn’t see any way to fix it….
Last week, we got a little snow. Just a few inches that stayed around for 2 or 3 days. Sophia and Joel went out to the deck to inaugurate the season with the first snowman. I must say, he looks a lot better than last year’s inaugural snowman! I totally admit it, when it comes…
I’ve been seeing quite a lot of hype about this book in blogland, so I was excited when I was asked to review it. I have devoured it. Devoured. And I am excited to implement the principles I’ve learned in my own household. In the introduction, The Eyres explain how entitlement is the “one reason…
This picture has almost nothing to do with this post. Other than that these are my three daughters and I am trying to be a better mother to them. Also, aren’t those clouds awesome? First things first: I know you’re all dying to know how our bedtime scheduling went. We introduced it on Monday Night…
Me and my popsicle-faced girls: Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago While we were in Chicago, we stayed at a hotel that was a considerable distance from downtown, and took the train in every day. This was (usually) fun for the children, and it saved us lots of money so that we could actually do more exciting things on…
I’ve been hit and miss with these Project Walking Into a Hug posts, simply because I haven’t really been with my kids all that much this last month! But, I have been with them all of the past week (the older girls stayed with my parents for four more days after the cruise), so I…
If Annie is right about that then I suppose I am half naked quite a bit of the time. I knew smiling would be kind of hard, but it was even more difficult than I suspected. However, I thought about it so much that I know I did smile more than usual, and I think…
For Mother’s Day this year, my mom gave me a book that is just what I needed right now. It is called Walking into a Hug: 52 weeks to a Home That’s More Embracingby Janene Ustach. It’s a workbook of sorts, and I really like it so far. I decided that I am definitely going…