Tonight during baseball practice, Nate had to take a certain younger brother to the restroom at a nearby gas station. While waiting outside the restroom door, Nate and Connor were looking around and chatting. Connor got all excited when he saw a poster that looked something like this:

“Look, Daddy! A box of pencils!!”
Nate snickered to [...]

This week, Shannon over at Rocks in My Dryer is asking us to post Works-for-Me Wednesday ideas along the boredom-busting theme. She says, “What are your best tips for helping the kids engaged and busy and happy over the summer? ” So, here goes. 
I have a jar that sits in my kitchen that I call the Chore [...]

A toddler urinal… Really? Which is this?

You know how, when you can’t sleep, you’re supposed to count sheep?
Around here, we count sleeps.
Like most moms of toddlers, I’ve taught the boys to count the number of “sleeps” (overnight and nap-time) until their next long-awaited event. It may be a visit from family or something special at church. Here recently, though, it’s all [...]