parenting
spilled milk | laughter
One day our life will be quiet and clean just as it was in the beginning before kids, and I always hope that in those days, I remember making the most of the dirty, hard
learning at home with older toddlers
For a while now I’ve had other moms ask, “how do you do it? I want to homeschool, but I don’t know where to begin! Help.” In great effort to do just that, over the
facing fear and doubt
Some of you have already read how we formally started on this homeschooling journey 5 plus years ago. (If you haven’t, you should read it first.) There, I share many of the facts and resources
Planning and Abiding
In preparation for our school year, Mark and I sit down for an annual planning meeting. Not a date. A meeting. You know, pens, planners, calendars, coffee. We usually get a sitter or swap kid-free
happy father’s day.
These single days of the year we set aside to salute the parents in our lives feel to me a bit like fitting a blue whale in my 5′ bathtub. I usually try to make
rest time in our home
Olive’s crying right now. For the second time, I’ve returned her to her bed for rest, a quiet both of us need. I’ve seen this phase out of daytime sleep on the horizon for a
a letter about family meals: a mother’s legacy
Mom, You blew into our daily lives for a brief three days last week to help Kristen and me collect pieces of our days and time. With each visit, I try to take more of
lately
1. soaking up tender moments with the kids. 2. keeping meals simple at home. 3. inspired by pink. 4. reading My Ántonia by Willa Cather. 5. pocketing advice from the walls of Jimmy John’s. 6.