An Update and a Blog Carnival Hosted By TouchstoneZ!
First the update. Sorry that I missed my regular scheduled blog posts but this rich mother has been a sick mother. Things are finally making a turn around the bend and I am feeling much better now so...
View ArticleThe Laundry Mountain
I adore that we have a large family but one major down side to so many under one roof is the laundry. Oh goodness the laundry. In order to stay afloat, so to speak, you absolutely must commit...
View ArticleThe 10th Kingdom = 10 Hours of Awesome
I have slowly been re-watching The 10th Kingdom mini series with my two oldest over the past few days and found I had forgotten just how truly great it is. It is a 10 hour long mini series that...
View ArticleThe Best Potato Salad Ever
Or so my friends and family tell me. Later I will come back and insert a really yummy looking picture, for now you will have to trust me.51b. bag small red potatoes1 medium size bunch of green onions...
View ArticleBath Time With Daddy
We have been having an ongoing situation with our smaller twin S and bath time. While his twin adores the water and will kick around in the bath with me all day if I would let him S is terrified from...
View ArticleDumpling Dilemma Solved
I cooked chicken and dumplings a short while back for the family. The Husband gave me one of the best complements ever. "Wow, these taste almost exactly like my grandma's." I feel really honored and...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Hanging Out
The boys hang out like this daily, just jabbering away to each other in baby talk.
View ArticleThe Lost Art of Chill
Welcome to the First Mindful Mama CarnivalThis post was written for inclusion in the Mindful Mama Blog Carnival hosted by Zoie at TouchstoneZ. Participants are writing posts about what mindful...
View ArticleTheir First Song
My twins were in the NICU for three long weeks and 6 days. During that time they heard not a single sound other than that of the machines and the general chatter of hospital life. Our voices, my...
View ArticleGuest Post at The Peaceful Housewife Today
Check out my guest post over at The Peaceful Housewife today!
View ArticleFriday Photo Flashback: April 29th 2011
2003This is me with my two oldest. When I have a headache, which is thankfully rare now, I have always put a cold washcloth over my eyes when I laid down. One day my second oldest daughter, then 3...
View ArticleMy Little Escape Artist
Most days I feel a lot like our little friend in the picture above. Over and over again all day long I stop whatever I am doing and search my landscape for sight of my son J-Bird. For those new to my...
View ArticleStrawberries!
This is one of those post that I really wish I had a better camera so you could get a better feeling of the enormity of what happened last night. My poor little camera phone just can not do it...
View ArticleBlog Gem 15
This Blog Gem is being hosted by Looking for Blue Sky and the subject is inspiration. Here is my submission. I look forward to reading the other Blog Gems this week!
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: She Loves Her Sciences
This weeks picture needs a little explaining. My 10 year old daughter was playing with Sculpey clay one day and came up and showed me her most recent creation. Me- Oh, is it a plate for your...
View ArticleBig Brother's 7th Birthday
The 16th of May was our oldest son's 7th birthday! One of our birthday traditions is that the birthday boy or girl gets to plan the day's menu... still trying to figure out what we will do with the...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Educations: The Reluctant Learner
My oldest daughter, Mazzy, went to headstart and preschool at this really wonderful independent school in our community. The focus was on social skills and learning through play and we loved the...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Educations: The Motivated Learner
Yesterday I told you about my oldest daughter Mazzy and her educational story. Today I would like to talk about my second daughter Lydia. When Lydia was three years old her brother Tristram was a...
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