“Thank you for the food and we can drink water and thank you that I like candy and thank you for mommy cooks dinner, and thank you we don’t punch in the face and thank you for Lollipops…” I like to think that, for the most part, I’m a positive…
Parenting
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Parenting in the wild
Our littlest fellow, masked as spider man, ran into the living room where my husband and I sat with nine other people and let out his loudest two-year-old roar. We had just ended an evening of worship, and his boldness apparently gave the other six kids in the house permission…
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The Parenting Ride
Parenting is like weather in the northwest. It can be sunny and beautiful one second and rainy and gloomy the next. I had one of those moments this morning. It’s our day off. Let me rephrase that. It’s as “off” as it gets when at home with a one year…
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Mommas and Babies
In honor of Mother’s Day, and proof that as a mother it’s hard to get anything accomplished in a timely manner, here are some thoughts on motherhood from this momma to all of you mommas out there. Motherhood is a state of constant learning. Just when I think I have…
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The Stocking Doesn’t Match
I love – and I mean LOVE – the Christmas season. November and December hold an excitement that is certainly not contained to kids alone. You know what I mean. Like when the weather cools down enough that you want to drink a peppermint hot chocolate or eat gingerbread cookies…