Today was the kind of day I envisioned when I first became a parent. It is the first day I’ve had like this in a very long time. Like maybe ever, actually. We had no meltdowns. ZERO. ZERO!!! We had a couple disagreements, but other than that, the kids were awesome. I was able to […]
family dinners
I’m Bringing Back Sunday Dinner
With the craziness of our weeknights, I really want to bring back the Sunday night dinner whenever I can. Tonight I did. I had planned out dinners for the week last Monday, and I had everything I needed already. Here’s what was on the menu tonight: Roast chicken: (I used this recipe from Allrecipes.com. Everyone […]
Twenty-Six Days
The biggest gift I am giving my family this year for Christmas wasn’t purchased in a store. It wasn’t ordered online. It wasn’t even anything they asked for. Not directly, anyway. But now that I’ve given them this gift, I realize it was something they wanted. And something they needed. In fact, it was something […]
Operation Organization. The gift that keeps on giving.
Since Operation Organization, we have been eating dinner in the dining room on a regular basis. On Sunday night, we had a really nice family dinner. One by one, everyone trickled out of the room after they were done eating until it was just Number 6 left sitting there next to me at the table. […]
It’s time to repair my relationship with my dining room.
We usually eat dinner in the kitchen, but there’s no room for a table, so it looks something like this every night: That picture was taken pre-Number 7, so it’s even more crowded in there now. My husband and I usually just stand somewhere in the room while the kids eat. It kind of sucks. […]