The weather outside today is simply gorgeous! I couldn’t pass up this opportunity, so I surprised the kids by squeezing in a trip to the park, somewhere between lunch and nap time. Seemed like the perfect plan to take advantage of 74 degrees and sunny. Plus, the public school kids were still being held prisoner [...]

These are important days around here! Yesterday was a day of mini-milestones. I love watching my children learn new things… and I don’t just mean at the homeschool table.
We had small successes all around yesterday. Ferris pottied in the toilet! We haven’t officially started potty-training, but when she asks, I let her sit there. She [...]

You may have noticed I’ve been absent on here the last couple of weeks. Things have been CRAZY with a capital C-R-A-Z-Y!
Here’s my quick version of a recap:
It started with cake. All Ferris wanted for her birthday was “cake.” Anytime anyone asked what she wanted, she said, “CAKE!” She wasn’t disappointed. We did get her [...]

As you know, I’ve been busy. Things are crazy around here these days.
School, housework, graphic design projects, dishes, laundry, registering all of our town’s Babe Ruth / Cal Ripken baseball players, preparing for a baby shower we’re hosting for a friend, laundry, baking cookies, dishes, and all this while my husband goes a mile a minute [...]

My kids beg to hold Grayson all the time. He obliges, much to their delight.
Last night, we were all relaxing at the same time (it’s rare!) I was snuggling sweet baby Gray on the couch and Andy moved to sit next to me. “Mom, can I hold Grayson?” he asked sweetly. The boy, though only [...]

Evan adores her baby brother. She dotes on him, tries to hold him, longs to interpret his every coo, admires his eyes, etc.
The other day, she wanted to hold him on her lap. He was holding each of her hands with that death-grip babies use when they feel insecure. (He can’t help it… she doesn’t [...]

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.  (III John 4)
When Grayson arrived (and was a BOY!), we knew the kids would all be thrilled. Yet, we also knew that Connor would find it extra special to have a baby brother! A first for him!
Today, more than seven whole [...]

You know that beautiful shade of silvery-grayish-blue?
Here, I’ll show you. Here’s blue with a little Gray mixed in:

Isn’t that adorable? I know he’s my own kid, and I know I’m biased, but I find this photo irresistible!
PS-That’s one of the rare times around here that you’ll ever see the bottom of the laundry basket.

I’m not sure how it came to be exactly, but each one of our children has had bananas as their first taste of non-breastmilk food. (Sort of… Connor tasted Dorito powder first, but that’s another story.)
We wait until they’re 6-months old to introduce any sort of food and it’s family tradition that the first thing [...]

You know how the slogan for Carter’s is “If only they’d stay little ’til their Carter’s wore out?”
So true that their clothing is amazing durable. Just one of the many reasons I like it.
Well, our family has our own unofficial slogan: “We don’t do anything half-way.” It’s all or nothing around these parts, people.
So, we [...]