parenting

The Just-Moved-In Phase

Life kicked me around a little bit this week. A lot of things happened:  not unpacking. Not much of that…

10 years ago

Breaking into the Home-School World

I just spent an hour typing out a blog post that I was unusually happy with. I thought my computer…

10 years ago

What I Really Needed to Know About Motherhood, I Learned from My Mom

I'm here visiting my parents and hanging out with my children. We've all been trying to catch up on our…

10 years ago

Military Kids and Moving

  My kids are the classic military kids. They have weathered years of deployments. They have said good-bye to so…

10 years ago

The 11th Park Tribe: The Archaeologists

"Bring on the summer," they say. This group of boys is so adorable, and this is just a few. There's…

10 years ago

Living Everywhere, We Have Learned that the People Make the Place

Caleb's remarkably good drawing of Elephant and Piggy, of the Mo Willems books. Elephant says, "I'm scared." I thought this…

10 years ago

Why Daniel Will Never Be “in Charge” Again

  We found this the other day.  Hey, he fully understands what to do with shaving cream, I will say…

10 years ago

Keppra Caleb: Dealing with Childhood Epilepsy

 I firmly believe that God often prepares us for future events.  Ever since college, I have witnessed lots of different…

10 years ago

The Mid-Day Slump

I tend to start my days off really, really slowly.  I drag myself downstairs, or usually one of the boys…

10 years ago

“Doctor say JUICE.” Funny Moments from Raising Four Boys

If you read my last post, Our Vacation Nightmare, then you know that this wasn't our best week.  Now it's…

10 years ago