Let me start off by saying I am by no means an expert.  Everything concerning dairy has been a trial and error process that we still str...

When I found out I was pregnant there were a few things I just knew I would do. Breastfeeding was one of them. I had taken a child devel...

As I mentioned in my last post , I definitely have a case of Irritable Mom Syndrome. I want to change that. I want my children to have a ...

"Mom!" "Momeeeeeeee!" "Hey, Mom?" That's it! I'm changing my name to Bob. If my name were Bob,...

It's 11:00 p.m. and once again, I'm lying in bed reviewing the day and just my life in general. Like a heavy weight on my chest, con...

One rainy spring day Toward the end of May, The little faries and I Hung up the leaves to dry. We hung them up one by one And thought it...

"We have a one toy set at a time rule. One set has to be put away before another comes out." "We have toy clean up three ti...

Big Stretch. Yawn. "I'm awake. I'm awake." Blog hibernation is an interesting phenomenon. The break is refreshing. O...

Life is running. Time is flying. It seems the days are in a race to see if they can end sooner than the one before... yet, winter is still h...

First, from Jamie, author of this marvelous food blog, Delicious & Nutritious , a chart of developmental benchmarks for children ages 2...

I have been wanting to blog on the topic of childhood salvation for many, many months. After reading this post from Amanda, author of Impre...

Stress level: HIGH! very high Confidence level: LOW! very low What in the world made God think I could handle this parenting thing? I ...

I often get discouraged and overwhelmed at the thought of parenting, which isn't a good thing when you have four kids to parent. Ha. But...

I have this wonderful mother in law. She comes over every Monday to stay with the kids while I run my errands. Every once in a while, I like...

There are some things in life that just always happen, no matter what. Things like: 1)  As soon as I sit down with Cherith to start schoo...

So, it's the end of a year again. The end of a chunk of time... 12 months to be exact. Or 52 weeks. Or 365 days. Or 8,760 hours. Or 525,...

Fact 1: I feel guilty spending money on myself. Really, I do. I have no problem dropping money (as frugally as possible) so that my husband...

When my babies are in the 4 - 7 month range, I tend to hit a wall. I'm completely tired to the bone and so so so very sleepy. I have bee...

I'm going to totally go out on a limb here and assume I'm not the only one of those. You know... the mom who smiles calmly to those ...

It seems every year in my life has its own theme. Last year's theme was "It Is Well With My Soul", a calm assurance that even ...