If you didn’t get a chance to read the previous post below about this project, you might take a moment now to skim it, as it is the reason for the below letter. Enjoy! Dear Mother, I know that you will be reading this at Christmas time, but as I am sitting here writing, we are celebrating the [...]
Friday, August 22, 2008
(Many thanks to my friends for the below exchange. This is why we ALL need a support group of other moms to rely on!) Q: Any tips for handling a 3yo boy who likes to call everybody silly names? (pumpkinhead, pottyhead, poopoohead, boogerhead. I could go on… LOL) We’ve spanked, we’ve done timeouts, we’ve taken [...]
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
At one of our last Moms’ Night Out gatherings, we were all discussing babies (duh! We ARE a bunch of moms!) and their cries.  Several of us had heard of the ‘baby whisperer’, Priscilla Dunstan, who was on Oprah, but only a couple of us had ever tried it.  My sister-in-law has tried it with her [...]
Thursday, July 10, 2008
You know the magical moment…  The one where you gasp, your heart completely melts, and you’re filled with more joy than you ever thought a human could feel…  The moment when your baby first smiles at you. Well, apparently, some super-smart people at Baylor College of Medicine decided to find out exactly what that smile does to a [...]
Monday, June 16, 2008
We finally did it! Â The boy is potty trained!!!!!! (Yes, I meant to put all those exclamation points after that sentence. Â That’s how EXCITED I am that he’s finally wearing ‘big boy underwear’. Â If you’ve ever potty trained a boy, you understand my elation. ) After months of fighting, pleading, bribing, arguing, and disappointment, I finally [...]
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
So, I finally finished and am writing the promised follow-up post!  I told you that I was participating in Org Junkie’s Monthly Organizing Round-Up and cleaning up my dining area of the kitchen.  (click here to see my previous post on the subject) Since my 5-year-old, Kate, is a budding artist like her daddy all of her art supplies [...]
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
After my sister read my post about sending Ethan to get a pair of pants, she emailed me and asked me if I’d thought about using MeckMom’s solution to the problem of him emptying his drawers. I’m here to say that I L-O-V-E my sister for reminding me of this idea. And I L-O-V-E MeckMom [...]
Friday, November 2, 2007
No, I haven’t had 27 year’s experience in raising kids, that would have made me quite a young mom… But, I just re-read a post written by my beautiful friend, spiritual mentor, and pastor’s wife and knew I had to share it with all of you, too. It has some of [...]
Sunday, October 7, 2007
I saw this post today and laughed. What a great idea!!! No-Mess Popsicles Enjoy!!!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
If you’ve read my post, “It’s Too Quiet…” then you know why I’ve been on a quest to find the answer to the simple question of how to clean vaseline off of well… everything. (Amazing how much damage a 18 month old and 3 year old can do in just a few minutes time!) So, [...]
What I'm Up to Now... Baby Cheapskate

If you ever wanted to hear someone put a mommy’s day into a song, try this one… (I guarantee you’ll laugh your butt off.)


A little on the political side, but interesting nonetheless…
Monday, December 1, 2008
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