Kid Edition There are so many things I don’t understand about my kids.  Here are just a few: Why do my kids ask to listen to their cds in the car and then persist to talk and play loudly while the music is on, leaving me to listen to their yelling AND Veggie Tales for [...]

It’s really the one of the year when it’s perfectly acceptable to eat your weight in food that has been deep fried and covered in salt, powdered sugar, cinnamon, or whatever else you can get your hands on!  Ahh, good times! Good guilt-free times.  Festival time! I love festivals. If scheduling works out, I try [...]

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We have been pretty fortunate in the fact that my girls actually like drinking water.  They don’t drink milk all that often, have an occasional juice box, and have never had soda.  Juice boxes are probably our biggest nemesses.  They would drink juice boxes all day long if I’d let them.  So, to fight back, [...]

This is Miss Angela. Everyone say “hi”! I met Angela four and a half years ago when she was a freshmen in college and I was a new mom.  I was looking for someone to watch Abbi, then 9 months old, for a few hours each week while I ran errands or went to appointments [...]

{sniffle. sniffle. sniffle.} Abbi is crying in the back seat. Me:  Abbi, what’s wrong? Her:  I {sniffle} can’t {sniffle} be {sniffle} a explorer! Me:  What? What are you talking about? Her:  I can’t be a explorer! Me:  Why can’t you be AN explorer? Her:  I can’t. Oh, this is going to be a productive conversation. [...]

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse with the I’m bored‘s, then it starts raining.  And raining.  And raining. My girls don’t typically mind playing in the house (they have plenty of toys to keep them busy) but it becomes especially tough when they’ve had days of glorious outdoor play and are suddenly [...]

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Yesterday we celebrated the Unofficial Start to Summer (aka. Memorial Day) and the weather around here has definitely made it feel like summer, with temps well into the high 80s.  Time to start planning out the summer! My oldest has actually been out of school since the second week of May so we have already [...]