Monthly Archives: May 2009

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…

A Dose of Humor – Baby Einstein?

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…