Letter to My Children
Dear Kids, Mom here. Listen, we need to talk. You’re always coming to me complaining because you can’t find matching socks (or socks at all, …
Soccer Carnage aka Is It Really Friday the 13th or Something?
Our “Soccer Saturday” began alright, up and out the door and on the field by 8:45am for our 9am game. Everything was going according to …
Mount Washmore
Ah, laundry. With six kids, it’s feels like it never ends. And with our family just getting over a stomach bug, multiply our humongous laundry …
Poetry at the Park
The air was as stifling as smoke, lingering on our skin like a fog, sweat pouring out of my skin through my hair like a …
Make Moments Matter
Yesterday I woke up coughing. I’ve been fighting getting sick for a couple days, now, but it seems I’ve succumbed and gotten sick anyway. I …
Summer Boredom Busters – Water Fun
If school hasn’t gotten out for the summer yet, it will soon. One of the most dreaded phrases our kids can say is “I’m bored”. …
Summer and Bugs
Is summer over yet? Don’t get me wrong, summer is awesome – playing outside, swimming in the pool, vacations, the beach, getting tan and all …
Being Right in A Wrong Kind of Day
It was one of those days. Y’know the ones. Where despite your best efforts to see the sun, the clouds shade you from the light, …
Paint Today With Love
I suppose it doesn’t take much for a mom, huh? We get all ooey gooey when our child mutters a syllable, or draws us a …
Summer Family Fun
Every year we go out and buy some flimsy inflatable pool for our backyard. Every. Friggin. Year. Usually, we get the same pool and something …
Cooking With Kids
Cooking with children can be a scary concept, isn’t it? Don’t touch that! Hot! Stay back! Put that away, we’re eating soon! No, you can’t …