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The Summer Moving Cycle, Happy Boys, and Praying for Rain

The Summer Moving Cycle Dan keeps asking us when we are going to Germany. Oh....Ummmmm....  It's so hard to see…

9 years ago

A Potty Training Pep Talk

I am not new at this. John David is my fourth boy, my fourth go-round. This is nothing new for…

9 years ago

Angry Bird

So we flew back to California (via Southwest). No, those were not our flight attendants. That's just my friend Jennings…

9 years ago

Vacation with a toddler isn’t exactly vacation

Our adorable JD is bringing in his second birthday with a bang. We arrived in Alabama with much excitement. Vacation,…

9 years ago

Me Time? Or God Time? Juice, Or Milk?

beautiful rose garden in San Juan Bautista, California Last night, I felt restless in my spirit. You know that sensation…

9 years ago

“I wanna live like there’s no tomorrow..”

Today I took all the boys to the beach, by myself. Yes, it was a bona fide foolish thing to…

9 years ago

Making Transitions and Solving Sleep Problems

John David handles change about as well as I do. I've been talking a lot about my hermit problem, and…

9 years ago

You know they aren’t all going to be this good, right?

It all started with Caleb's scooter accident on Sunday...apparently that was an omen of sorts. The next big challenge was…

9 years ago

Help! There’s a One Year Old in the Classroom!

 The morning hour was going extremely, unusually, unbelievably well today. No one was talking over anyone. No one was saying,…

10 years ago

Mommy Brain: Probably the Result of Sleep Torture

Look closely. That was Dan, not JD. He was 20 months old, and he was apparently causing me to lose…

10 years ago