Posts in Bedtime, Books, Kids, Motherhood

Bedtime

May 15th, 2012 — Bedtime, Books, Kids, Motherhood

Fiona’s bedtime is a bittersweet experience for me, every single day. On one hand, it will be the end of all the chasing, the shooing her out of the dog’s water bowl, the Hot. Hot. Hot! warnings near the stove, the reading of the same 5 books over and over until I’m sure my eyes… Continue reading →

Not All The Same.

May 14th, 2012 — Beliefs, Breastfeeding, Family, Homeschool, Kids, Motherhood, Stay-At-Home

Admittedly, I take longer to process my thoughts and feelings than some. The controversial Time Magazine cover came out last week, and at first, all I could do was seethe. No, not because there’s a breast on the cover. GASP. Not because there’s a non-baby attached to that breast. No, it was because I am… Continue reading →

Oblivion Tastes Good, But Oh, the Shame

February 9th, 2012 — Kids, Motherhood, Shenanigans

How is it that one can have such wildly varied emotions in the course of 15 minutes? I got the kids to bed, fell asleep for a blissful 30 minute nap while rocking Fiona to sleep, and then was so exhausted and emotional about the state of my day, that I could think of nothing… Continue reading →

My Kids are Awesome

February 3rd, 2012 — Family, Kids, Shenanigans, Video

I have no other words, really. The video speaks for itself. Enjoy!

Feingold Diet, ADHD and Door Holes.

January 11th, 2012 — Changes, Feingold Diet, Food, Kids

I have now opened and closed this window about 13 times – finally, I have given in and I’m just going to write a stupid post already. I can’t promise that it will be good. It may be annoying and stupid, because there are many things going through my head right now. Instead of letting… Continue reading →

Why Can’t Every Day Be Like Today?

December 5th, 2011 — Family, Food, Homeschool, Kids, Motherhood, The Homestead

Or should I say, why can’t I be like this every day? I was, how do you say….ON IT, today. We successfully got through everything I planned in school. I delegated some stuff to the kids (like switching out loads of laundry), which helped out immensely. They did it, mostly without grumbles. They watched Howl’s… Continue reading →

Winter Wonderland

November 29th, 2011 — Kids, Picture-Heavy

Poopy Icky Morning Turns Into Not Awful Afternoon

November 28th, 2011 — Ambleside Online, Family, Homeschool, Kids, Picture-Heavy, Shenanigans

This morning was rough. Bri was in tears after roughly 34 seconds of her French lesson. Eli wasn’t comprehending anything I was reading to him. Fiona was clingy and whiney and full of toddler angst. It was not pretty. All was not lost, though. Nay, something good actually came from the crap laden festival that… Continue reading →

The Day That Just Kept Going

November 18th, 2011 — Husband, Kids, Motherhood

Oy. Today started at 6 am and was never-ending. The baby woke up earlier than usual and was just up. There would be no luring her back into the warm, delicious folds of sleep. I had already left the older kids a note assigning them some cleaning to do (we were expecting company later), so I… Continue reading →

Reading, reading, reading

November 15th, 2011 — Books, Kids

And then more reading. That’s what today was like. And while my throat kind of despises me right now, my heart is happy and so are my kids. We read a lot by default every day, since our curriculum, as I’ve said, is very literature based. However, I’ve been wanting to add in more reading,… Continue reading →