Working on Some Shame Resilience, No Biggie
I’ve been holding tightly to my perfectionism lately. That’s not to say that I do everything perfectly, but it’s to say that I have a perfect vision of how I’d like things to be…and when life doesn’t...
View ArticleBreastfeeding Twins Update: 18 months
Yep, we’re still nursing. I’m sure that’s not terribly surprising. When the twins were itty bitty, I did mention to my bestie that I was worried that the boys would never be comfort nursers since they...
View ArticleSo…You’re Turning Eight
Dear Gracie, In just a few days you will be eight years old. You’re the one who made me a Mama. I have thought back a lot this year to the time when it was just me and you. Dada would be at work, and...
View ArticleA Letter to Myself
Welcome to the June 2015 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Talking to Yourself This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama....
View ArticleHappy Nine Years
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we have a lot of anniversaries in June: the anniversary of Gracie’s birth at the beginning of the month, the anniversary of Tommy’s birth at the end of the month,...
View ArticleReducing Summer Stress Didn’t Start Where I Thought it Would
Ah…summer. It wasn’t my plan to slow down with posting over the summer. I planned to have some outings with my kiddos, do some gardening, take a short vacation, etc. and keep up with posting a couple...
View ArticleParenting: Following Up on Shame Resilience
I talked a few months ago about how we were working on shame resilience with our children. We’d gotten to a point where we were stuck between a rock and a hard place with our oldest daughter Gracie....
View ArticleHow do you get time with your spouse when your kids are very small?
Last week I asked you guys for questions, and Kalen asked about tips for having quality adult time while parenting very young children. Wait… What’s quality time? For us the answer has really been...
View ArticleWorld Breastfeeding Week: On Combining Working and Breastfeeding…and An...
Happy World Breastfeeding Week (a few days late)! We celebrated this weekend by attending the annual La Leche League family picnic. It was wonderful to get to see so many friends. I’m incredibly happy...
View ArticleSchool Tidbits
School is going along. We’re getting into the routine again. Gracie and Ava came home to homemade cookies yesterday, and today we blew bubbles in the front yard after school. Ava had her first indoor...
View ArticleA Conversation with Finn
Tommy takes a sleeping Granger up to bed. Finn: I wa na Me: You wanna nurse? Finn nods. Vigorously. I pick him up and cradle him in my arms, and then the stench hits me. Me: Sweetie, you have a stinky...
View ArticleWhy My “Get Organized” Resolutions Always Failed
It’s January, and my favorite decluttering blogger tells me that that means it’s decluttering season. Dana White says that as someone who blogs about cleaning and organizing, January is prime time. It...
View ArticleThe Art of Letting Go
This past weekend, Gracie and I had a mother daughter date. It doesn’t happen often, which makes it all the more special. A chance to connect just the two of us. It was a day mostly about Gracie...
View ArticleStickers, Stickers and more Stickers: A Fun Project.
A couple of weeks ago, Ava’s teacher gave her a letter at the end of the day and when she got in the car after school, my little kindergartener read that it came from the gifted program. She was...
View ArticleA Bundle of Homemaking
Go figure, I’m getting this announcement after I meant to. Being a part time blogger is a lot harder than I expected when I started this… Anyway, last year my dear dear friend Jennie suggested I check...
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