By Veronica I have never been this tired. Okay, that’s not true. I have been this tired, but not recently. Today we took care of my brother’s kids (ages 8, 6 and 4), which added three more to our four. It was loud and chaotic and fast and blurry and riotous. It was glorious. There…
A Little Piece of the Sun
By Megan Peabody’s sportin’ a shiner this Monday morning. Despite the fact that I guarded it like a soccer goalie for an hour and a half, at a vulnerable moment he slipped around me like a shot to take a gainer off the bottom step down to the cement patio below. Besides the sickening thud…
A Dose of Humor – At Least a Dozen Reasons Why I’ll Never Get the Newbery Medal
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…
Pictures
By Beck The Boy got rushed to the hospital from his doctor’s office yesterday afternoon, which was pretty exciting. And by “pretty exciting” I mean – of course – that I was terrified to an almost wordless extent. Because he is very, very big for his age, no one ever presumes that he is actually…
Breakfast Surprise
By Kelly Wednesday morning, if all goes as planned, my husband and I will pounce on the kids as soon as they wake up and whisk them away to a surprise breakfast at a real, live restaurant. Even as you are reading this, I will be sitting at a sticky table with three animated children…
If she decides to take up the dobro, I am set.
By Veronica My oldest daughter will begin violin lessons this year. We’ve been praising the violin at home, trying to create enthusiasm for the lessons. The teacher uses the Suzuki method, so I’ve been reading up on it. Apparently, the method works best when the family includes similar music in their everyday life. This comes…
Twice as Everything
By Megan Last year this time, I stood on the edge of a precipice, waiting and wondering, my mind one big question. This year, I often sit quietly (or grab my camera and click away, as you can see!) at the edge of my two beautiful children’s world and watch my question answered in a…
On Being A Good Mother
By Melodee I sometimes hear mothers proclaim with great confidence, “I am a great mother!” This is often in tandem with a complaint about a mother-in-law’s meddling ways and criticisms, but still. There are women–mothers–who absolutely know that they are doing a fabulous job. I am not one of them. I worry. A lot. About…
Creating a Blogging Community
By Cassie Aiden started swimming lessons this week. I love taking him to classes and lessons of all sorts. Getting him all dressed up, doing my hair, feeling like a real mom. Wearing pearls and watching my son jump into the pool. Laughing with other mothers over coffee and making connections. I showed up to swimming…
A Dose of Humor – Citizens of the World
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…