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We drink almost 2 gallons of milk a day in this family, so I always have lots of empty milk jugs. I saw this cute, cheap, and easy idea for Halloween decorations. It looks easy enough that the kids can make their own.  And I’m going to use some of my Christmas lights, so it

I’m contributing to a book about pregnancy written by mommy bloggers. I need to write about the following 5 topics:  conception, the great stuff about being pregnant, the shitty stuff about being pregnant, childbirth, and how life changes after the baby. I’m a little behind.  I haven’t really written anything. And the deadline is tomorrow.

I have 2 babysitters that I really rely on. One is my dad.  Thank God for him.  The kids love him.  Way more than me. He reads with them, draws with them, plays hide-and-seek with them, plays board games with them, practices baseball… Very hands-on.  He’s great. The other babysitter is available even more than

Since school started, I’ve been asking — okay, screaming — the same questions over and over again every morning. It’s getting a little old. So I made this chart for Number 3 and Number 4.  They each have one hanging in the mudroom. I can change items on the chart and customize it to meet the specific

I would like to thank Kelly Clarkson and J for getting me through yesterday. J is a year or two younger than me.  He was a swimmer.  We weren’t super close friends, but we recently became friends on facebook. J is pretty religious. I’m not. He posts these inspirational Bible quotes on facebook almost daily.  I never really paid