With summer nearly upon us, it’s just about time to start planning family vacations. I love me a good family vacay. There’s nothing better than getting away from the everyday and doing so...
This past weekend, we went to Atlanta to spend some time with my sister and brother-in-law. On Saturday morning, we got up early because John Michael and I were running a local charity 5k with a frie...
First, can I just pause to freak out for a minute? When I checked my email this week, I thought BabyCenter had sent me the wrong weekly updates. I get emails from them every week with developmental m...
I’ve had a bit of a rough week. Nothing major, just one of those times when several things come to a head at once. I’m taking two classes right now for my teaching certification, and that...
So many people told me when I was pregnant with my first baby that babies can’t be scheduled. They would laugh when I would tell them about books I’d read about how to help your ne...
School is winding down and summer is on the horizon. Have I mentioned yet how excited I am about summer? Yes? Okay. Moving on… With summer a-comin’, it’s time for lots of you to say...
Look what I found! My Q&A page! It’s still here! Who knew???? Here’s the thing with this Q&A page. I’m not super thrilled with the layout, but I haven’t figured out ho...
Gracie has had tubes in her ears for two weeks now, and I cannot get over what a difference they have made in her personality. I knew (or I hoped) that they would make a difference in her health, and...
1. Kate is a shoe-flinger. Her shoes are never side by side. She just kicks them off as she walks somehow. 2. Gracie yells a lot. Maybe just is going to be a singer? 3. Bean said Holy shit. Hope he d...
When things are going smoothly in my life, I run out of blog fodder. Can you tell? I haven’t had much to blog about these days because there’s been no crisis, little fighting, and not a c...
On Mother’s Day afternoon, I was sitting on my parent’s porch with my mom, Grandma, Sarah, and the kids. We were eating strawberry shortcake and enjoying the beautiful weather, while Bean...
Things are winding down at school for me. And as the end of the year draws closer, I realize that summer vacation is drawing closer as well. It’s all I can think about. I can’t wait to sl...
Ever since Chris started graduate school at Yale, I’ve had this sticker on the back of my car. It’s a simple sticker that says, “Yale University.” At first, it was a badge of ...
In my wise old parenting experience, I have found one particular baby holding position to be incredibly versatile: the Front Carry. The Front Carry serves so many purposes in life. It’s like th...
Yesterday we took Gracie in to get tubes in her ears. I was a little worried going into it, but mostly I was excited for her. Gracie’s ears have been such trouble for her, and I was so ready fo...
Tomorrow morning at the butt-crack of dawn, we’re going to be heading to the hospital so that Gracie can get tubes in her ears. I feel really good about it. Gracie hasn’t had a doctors ap...
Late in my pregnancy with Bean, the advice changed from how to survive my pregnancy to how to survive the first few months as a new mom. Without a doubt, the most frequent advice I heard was, “...
We rearranged the kitchen this weekend. Gracie helped. It was actually a very sporadic decision. Bean was once again not eating his dinner on Saturday night. This time I was getting really frustrated...
This year I challenged each of my students to read 30 books this school year. It started as just a random, incredible high number that I didn’t expect them to reach. I set it purposefully high ...
Gracie has been using a sippy cup for about a month now, and that’s been going really great. She’s completely off the bottle (in fact, we sold all of our bottles at our yard sale last wee...
I’m having one of those weeks where my brain seems to be switched off. I keep sitting down to blog, but nothing comes to me. I sit down to talk to the kids or Chris at the end of the day, and I...
This weekend Gracie and Bean went to my parent’s house so that Chris and I could have a yard sale and not have to worry about chasing kids around. While they were up there, Gracie took her firs...
Thank you all so much for your support of my new running habit. It is really intimidating to start a new hobby, especially one that is so foreign to my body, and your encouragement and kind words rea...
1. I hate wearing pants. I usually wear skirts or dresses to work, and on the days when I absolutely must wear pants (usually laundry days), I take them off the second I get in the house and walk aro...
I can’t remember a time when my life has been this orderly. For the past two weeks, I get to work early like always, ready to tackle my to-do list, but I end up sitting there trying to come up ...
This past weekend while I was in Atlanta with my sister, I noticed a sticker on her front windshield that made me gasp, “That’s BRILLIANT!” I can’t count how many times during...
A couple months ago, I accidentally stumbled on an article through Pinterest on the things your child needs to be able to do before they enter Kindergarten. Normally, I avoid milestone charting like ...
**Alright, folks. This is my last diaper bag post. I promise! It’s just been on my mind lately, and I had to blog it out!** Now that Bean and Gracie are getting a little older, the needs of ...
This past weekend, I ditched Chris and the kids and hitched a ride with my parents to Atlanta to visit my sister. Ginny and her hubby, John Michael, just moved into their new house, and so they threw...
Almost as important as knowing what to carry in your diaper bag is knowing what NOT to carry. When Bean was born, I tried carrying everything he could possibly need in my diaper bag every time we wen...
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