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Wife to Bryan since 1994, mom of 6, cookbook author, writer, home educator, and to-do list maker.
The following is a guest post written by Jamie Martin of Steady Mom and Simple Homeschool. Is it really possible to find the right balance between structure and flexibility as a mom? Many organizational books and resources lean drastically toward one extreme or the other. Either we should schedule each minute of our day to…
So this past week when I walked into my new-to-me, neighborhood Albertsons, I was taken back immediately to this day in my life: This Albertsons has the exact same floor plan as the store that I worked in when I was sixteen years old. Who knew when I was this “bag girl” so many years ago…
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She’s raised five children: three girls, then 2 boys. She’s taught kindergarten, Girl Scouts, and college. She’s been blessed by the arrivals of four grandsons and now four granddaughters. (Nanna is her name). She’s always had a fierce love for us kids. Her favorite saying, though grossly inaccurate, is “my child is always right.” While…
Saturday morning FishChick was the first to awake, shortly after I stumbled down the stairs, hoping for a little quiet time to myself. But, how do you turn that face away? I admit, it’s not that hard sometimes. I get too busy. Or so I think. And turn on a video for her or let…
A reader wrote in with the following question. It’s a good one and one that doesn’t have one “right” answer. I’d love to hear what you think! Question: I’m a newer parent (toddler age) and we are starting to find ourselves in situations with other families where the rules for their children are different from the rules…
LOL…at least she got the color the same 🙂
That is so cute! Poor kid. Did her feet hurt? The males just don't pay much attention, huh?
I took the picture outside of the movie theatre one morning for our free movie day. Yes, her brothers helped her. And, yes, her feet must have hurt because she ended up going barefoot – in the theatre. Eww! I know.
Cutest thing I've seen all day, thanks 🙂
(I've done that and I'm 37)
She did pose nicely though. 🙂
Both shoes are so cute! And they *almost* look like they match. 🙂
lol… looks like something I might do… to myself 🙂
How funny! I love to see another mom "let it be okay". I have twin 2 year old girls, so there are 2 pairs of most shoes. Many days, one princess has two left feet while the other has two right feet. But, they did it themselves!