My family likes going places. We love to visit friends and places. We love giving the boys experiences. I love planning trips. I love being on trips. I hate traveling to trips...with my children. (I dream of traveling on my own. Coffee and magazines. Let that be known.) But as we know, kids ruin err, … Continue reading Travel without Treats
I see you. You silly little girls. I see you giggling and whispering. I see your best friend necklaces and glittery shirts. How silly. How goofy. How wonderful. Be silly. Be goofy. Giggle. Let your friendship be everything. Because this friendship is setting the bar for every friend you will ever have. You will learn … Continue reading Silly Little Girl
As we established in the last blog post, Gus gets speech therapy now. He is into it. And he is already making progress. I am not going to lie, it is kind of fun to be on the other end of speech therapy. And to be 100% honest, for the first time in my career, … Continue reading La la la Lemonade
A few weeks ago Gus was telling us a story and I thought, "Gol, his speech is kind of a mess. I should get that fixed. It's probably because of those big beautiful cheeks making it laborous to talk." And then naturally I went on with my day. The next day John asked me "Do … Continue reading Gus goes to Therapy
Getting those Easter baskets ready for delivery this weekend? Well, good news: Kris from http://www.parentingwithKris.com has some great ideas to fill those baskets without having to fill cavities later! Peter Cottontail will be hopping down the bunny trail before you know it, which means adjusting your budget to fill those yearly Easter baskets. However, you … Continue reading Guest Post: 3 Budget-Friendly Easter Basket Tips for Health-Concious Parents
We have a little issue at our house. No one knows what they actually did at school. No one knows even ONE SINGLE THING that occured at preschool. It drives me insane. So I put on my therapist pants to take a closer look at the situation. Because that is what I do. And I … Continue reading The Case of the Mystery Pre-School Day
When Hank was born my grandfather held him and said "Henrik, that is the name of a president." John responded with "We are just hoping to raise him to be a decent human being who remembers to vote." Anyone that knows John is not surprised by his response. I rolled my eyes at John. Anyone … Continue reading A Decent Person Who Remembers to Vote
Whenever I forget how difficult it is to have a child who doesn't eat, God does this really great thing where he makes one of my kids have my issues. And then I get frustrated and angry and tell my kids to pull it together - and then I realize I am doing the things … Continue reading Gus and the Giant Tonsils
I love Christmas. It is a huge thing. I really get into it. I shop for gifts starting in October. I bake, I decorate, I hide the elf, I watch ALL the Christmas movies. This year I even dedicated to reading nothing but Christmas books from Thanksgiving to Christmas. A nice repreieve from the biographies … Continue reading Christmas – Nothing Went as Planned: It was Perfect
Stockings are so much fun. All those little sweet gifts. We do little things in our stockings. We feel that the big fun stuff should come from us. I do not want the big guy in the red coat to be the one who gets all the credit for the good stuff. He can have … Continue reading Edible Socks? No, Consumable Stockings.
