By Kelly The morning has not gone well. I had hoped to get up early and write, something I rarely do, but hold as an option of last resort when my brain is too mushy to be creative after the kids go to bed. (And last night, my brain was mushy by 9:00 PM; I…
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Neighbors. Or Neighbours. Depends where you live.
By Veronica Our neighbor Bob lets his dog poop in our yard. And he doesn’t clean it up. It is exasperating to take my children out to play – my arms full of baby – and find that our small yard is not “safe” for running in. I have apparently muttered about this too often…
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…
The Mother Of All Mother’s Days
By Stephanie (I wrote this post last year as I was expecting my fourth child, my first girl.) Stephanie is having a girl. I will have a daughter. I think I’m still in shock, to be honest. I never thought of myself as a Mom to a girl. It makes me think about the daughter…
A Dose of Humor – The Great and Terrible Mr. Wii Fit
5 Minutes for Parenting’s weekly column, A Dose of Humor, is here to remind you to take your humor pill regularly as the best medicine to treat the side effects of parenting! It features a different blogger every week and is hosted by Rachel at Grasping for Objectivity in My Subjective Life. Now you can…
The Shower
By Kelly It’s dusk. I sit in the rocking chair and read a book to the freshly bathed baby, who smells like the breath of heaven. On the other side of the wall, the shower runs. I can hear the rush of water, the splattering noise it makes on the curtain liner. But louder than…
Resurrection Play
By Veronica One of my oldest daughter’s first games was pretending to be Mary. She would put a blanket on her head as a long flowing veil, wrap a baby doll in a blanket and place it in a laundry basket. Then she usually knelt and sang “Away in a Manger.” And since then, Bible…
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…
The Myth of Sleeping In
By Melodee At heart, I’m a pessimist . . . except on Saturday mornings. On Saturday mornings, I somehow trick myself into believing that I will get extra sleep, even on days when my husband leaves the house early, as he did this morning. My daughter wakes up at 6:55 a.m. and I barely open…
curling up with a good book
By Cassie I was so ecstatic when I got the opportunity to help promote a new childrens book. I have always enjoyed bedtime. Curling up with Aiden and reading a good book. (Ok, three good books because he is three years old). You can ask him for his logic on this- he will share! My…