Number 5 and 6 have the same birthday, and their birthday this year was on the day after the last day of school, the first official day of summer for us. So we had a party. Number 5 had seven friends come over, and Number 6 had three friends come over. Just like last year, […]
Life at My House
The Family Meeting
Eight days ago I lost it on the kids in the car on the way home from Costco and then I wrote this post after I decided that I was no longer messing around and I was going to have to make some changes. Originally I was going to wait until school was done to establish […]
Tomorrow is a new day. Thank God.
On a scale of 1 -10 in the parenting department today, I would give myself an F-. All patience had left the building before all the kids even got on the school bus. I didn’t just fall off the yelling wagon, I pretty much took a running start and set a world record in the long […]
Why didn’t I think of that? A newly organized pantry.
Every Thursday morning I have a date with Sue Duval, owner of The Organized Hive. She comes from 8:30 – 12:30, and each week, we have been picking away at different areas of the house. First, she helped me transform my office into a super cute playroom for the kids. Next, she helped me sort […]
Mom, What The Heck Are You Talking About???
Every year Number 5 and 6’s school does this 26-Days-Of-School-Left countdown where each day has a theme which is related to a letter of the alphabet. You start with “A” day and work your way down to “Z” day on the last day of school. Number 5 is the girliest of my girls, and she […]
Just like Cinderella. But better.
Three days ago I posted this little story on the Facebook page: I didn’t really realize until that morning that Number 7 only had two pairs of shoes. She doesn’t mind. She’s always had what she needs. Until Monday when she had peed all over her sneakers. Anyway, I posted that story just because I […]