I’ve gotten some very friendly feedback and reminders that this blog is something people enjoy reading. I’ve also been feeling like we’re starting to get a handle on having two children. It has taken over a year and a half to feel that way, and it’s been one of the hardest (if not the hardest) [...]
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Three plus One equals Nothing At All Like Three
Posted in Familyhood, Our House, Siblings on March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Southwestern Company – Door to Door Deception
Posted in Found Items, Our House, School Days on July 5, 2010 | 90 Comments »
How do you feel about a company that relies on prying information about your children from your neighbors without your consent? A college-aged woman came to our door and said she was visiting all the homes of the children in our school district to provide resources for our kids to use for homework completion. I [...]
Sayeth The Bee
Posted in Familyhood, Our House, Sayeth the Bee on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
these have aged a little bit, but I love them – “I’m laughing so much my kidneys are starting to fill up.” “Daddy, sometimes when I have to go to the naughty chair, I feel crestfallen.” “Mommy has something in her tummy, and it’s not food, it’s a people!”
To Easy Bake, or not to Easy Bake?
Posted in Cooking With Kids, Familyhood, Healthy Habits, Making Stuff, merch, Our House, Science with Kids, Things We Like, Unplugged Project on November 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This shouldn’t be such a hard decision. Bee has this at the top of her list of gifts she’d like for the holidays. Our hesitation isn’t because the toy oven has an age recommendation of 6 and up. No… wait, is it 7 and up? I’ll go look… hold on… holy cow, you aren’t going [...]
Starting Preschool – Trying Times
Posted in Books, Familyhood, Our House, Sayeth the Bee, School Days on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So far, Bee is having a hard time being in (two day, afternoon pre-) school. It has only been 2 days, mind you, but it is still a hard time for us. She puts on a brave face at drop-off time (the first day she was so excited that she forgot to say goodbye – [...]
Dogwood Tree Nursery Mural
Posted in Familyhood, Making Stuff, Our House on August 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Finally – the finished Dogwood Tree Nursery Mural! We chose a calm subject with a soft palate (matching the crib set) – wanting to do a tree with birds or butterflies or blossoms that drift dreamily off of the tree. I thought a dogwood was ideal, because it’s a big bouquet of blossoms in spring [...]
Mom-Made Quilt
Posted in Familyhood, Making Stuff, Our House on August 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
With our second child doing a daily impression of a sack full of badgers – a very pregnant Mom still mustered the patience and energy to make a new quilt for her. Take a look.
Nursery Mural Progress
Posted in Making Stuff, Our House on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
edited to add: This is the mural about 2/3 complete – – sorry to be spacing out updates like this. I’ll be posting the finished piece soon, and will embed links in these ‘update’ posts to lead to the finished piece. We’re really happy with the final result. Next step is redoing Bee’s room – [...]
First Lemonade Stand
Posted in Adventures, Making Stuff, merch, Our House, Things We Like on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You might remember this puppet theater. We put it to use as a lemonade stand for the first time, and it was a great experience. Bee shopped for lemons, sugar, cups, ice and a pitcher with me. I emphasized how much these individual things cost – but much of that went unregistered (except that it [...]
Bee and Ferg…
Posted in Familyhood, Our House, Things We Like on July 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
…love each other.
