We’re just tinkering around this weekend! I’m in full nesting mode and so we moved the archaic computer that I just recently used to spend hours and hours on out of our bedroom and the boys decided to take it apart and investigate! The bigger boys are thrilled with getting to learn how to use a […]
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Getting Ready for Greta…
We have been busy over here getting ready for Greta’s arrival. Last month at the cabin, Xander and I went for a walk on his birthday and I told him all about the day he was born. Since there has been so much excitement with learning about pregnancy, babies and anticipating Greta being born I […]
It’s A Date!
While up at the cabin last month, I decided to take each of my boys out for some special one-on-one time before Greta is born and life gets a little crazy. Do any of you do that with your children? I remember my mom taking each of us girls out for a special ‘date’ each summer. […]
Plans Gone Awry…
Sometimes the best of plans still go awry… That was most certainly the case at my home last week. My sister had served one of my favorite chicken salads in little napa cabbage ‘boats’ a couple of weeks ago and I fell in love with them. Cabbage has been the big thing I’ve craved this […]
Labor Day Learning Fun
{whistle while you work} I hope you all are having a fabulous Labor Day weekend. My boys are so very excited to have their daddy home for an extra day this weekend… As we enjoy time together as a family, we also plan to take some time to learn about the origins of Labor Day and […]
Broaching 9-11 with the kids…
With the 10th anniversary of 9-11 quickly approaching, I’ve found myself pondering how much to address when talking to my kids about this. Since we are ‘out west’ and given that we don’t have the evening news on, there hasn’t been a whole lot of exposure that my children have naturally had. If my children were any […]