When myself and four other amazing blogging mamas got together to challenge ourselves to be better preparers of school lunches for our children, we had no idea how hard it would actually be to accomplish. We didn’t quite realize how much better our children’s lunches actually needed to be. And, we had no idea that…
Taking a Step Back
She sat by the door in her bedroom, “Indian style” with the green shag carpet grazing each of her calves. The full length mirror on the back of the door served as a periscope into her teenage soul. “Who are you, REALLY?” she would ask as she gazed deep and long into her own brown…
Lunch Love & Fun
I thought I would go straight to the source so I asked B the other day, “What could I do to make your lunch more fun?” His response: “How about if you put THREE cookies in my lunch instead of two?!?!” Yeah. So apparently fun shaped sandwiches and happy little notes aren’t really his thing…
Toddler Times
She was my last baby and now she is my last toddler. Soaking it up. Even the epic meltdowns. But mostly the snack eating, book “reading”, occasional t.v. watching, coloring, etc, etc, etc…
I’m locking this one in his room until he is AT LEAST 25
Last night after dinner the kids and I were in the driveway waiting for Tim to get home from work. Out of the blue G started to tell me and I quote… “I love ALL the girls!!” “They are ALL beautiful and I want to marry them ALL!” This is not the first time I…
A little perspective…
I recall a certain fight that my mother and I had once when I was a little girl. I was probably about seven or eight years old and I have no real recollection of what our disagreement was about. It may have been about bed times or a second scoop of ice cream or my…
Grandparent Gifts & Miss Elaine-ous Monday
My parents were here over the weekend and do you know that I did not manage to get one picture of them? I know. I was going to try and get a few photos of them with the kids on Saturday but it just never worked out… We did not do much while they were…
Healthy Lunch & Awesome Sauce
I try to keep the kids’ lunches pretty healthy. But I almost always still include some sort of treat. I’m not sure if they eat it first or last, since I am not there to watch them chow down, but all of the food is usually gone so I’m guessing they totally eat the wonderful…
Last First Day
We missed “meeting” her teacher, even though she is the SIL of someone that works with Tim and we already know her. I did not go to orientation for the school because one or two of my kids have been going there since we moved here. So, she and I waltzed into her new schoolroom…
Lazoo For You! {review & giveaway}
So, this one time at BlogHer… I was standing in line to use the little girl’s room and I started talking to this nice lady from Utah. I mean, we had plenty o’TIME to chat, people. And she was so nice. And then another nice lady behind us starting talking to us too and mentioned…