By Megan I went to find Bean in the waning hours of a neighborhood party last night, in the filtered, sparkling light of dusk, to take her home with us for the night. I crossed the grass of two back yards and saw her shoes haphazardly kicked on the back porch next door and I…
Author Archives: Megan
She Wanted Something Called “Honnook?”
By Megan My big kid’s growin’ up way faster than it ever occured to me she would, y’all. I think what brings it all home for me lately is watching my littler kid come into himself, as it were. He’s all laughter and mirth, my funny boy, full of mischief and chatty as the day…
Heaven Can Wait. (Spongebob Saves the Day.)
By Megan Bean and I sat over lunch the other day and I coaxed her to eat her carrots the same way I always do: Make sure you eat all those carrots, they’ll help you grow up big and strong. “Will I be bigger than YOU if I eat my carrots?” “Well, not immediately bigger…
The Wonders of the Aging Body, According to a Four Year Old
By Megan I’ve been working on coming to friendly terms with my post-second-baby, forty-one year old body lately, with its new SillyPutty-like stretches and sags, its dedication to growing hair where I don’t want it and shedding hair where I do, and its obsession with simultaneously producing pimples and wrinkles so fast I can almost…
Summer Song
Today is the first of June which means that in roughly ten weeks, my oldest daughter will begin her first year of public school. In our state, four year olds can go to (all day) Pre-Kindergarten, but they are not required to attend. Dacey has been talking about school non-stop for the past year, and…
Diaper That Baby With A Little Less Moolah
Last week when Megan so graciously allowed me to fill her in her comfy, cozy Monday spot here, I talked about how much I learn from my children daily. Many of the things I’ve learned since becoming a parent lay in the realm of the abstract – piercing joy, unspeakable devotion, life-changing love . . ….
Unexpected Education, by Megan Tietz of SortaCrunchy
Megan is the much-humbled, often-stumped mama to two smarter-than-she’ll-ever-be little girls. She advocates an uncomplicated approach to parenting at Simple Kids and writes about faith, mothering, and natural living (sorta) at SortaCrunchy. Five years ago this month, those two little lines turned up pink and I officially kicked off the all-day, all-night party that is…
Lerin’s Recommended Baby Registry List, Part Two
Hello again! Part One of this series contained some general tips about baby registry and a list of my personal “must-haves” for a newborn baby. This post will cover the items I recommend buying as baby grows and the “luxury” items that are great to have but not absolutely necessary. If you are one of…
Lerin’s Recommended Baby Registry Items, Part One
A couple of my favorite Mama-bloggers have agreed to share their thoughts with y’all this month while I’m spending some extra time with my family on these beautiful May weekends. This week and next, my sweet, precious, WISE friend Lerin will be providing you with her own insights on which items a family REALLY needs…
Simply Spring
By Megan The weather caught up with the calendar this past week, and finally the kids and I could enjoy the yellow-blue prairie afternoon sun. For three days running, I opened my doors and stretched and blinked and climbed into the outdoors with my babies, their cheeks still creased from their warm flannel beds. Peabody…