parenting

My New Stay at Home Mom Job: Just JD and me (and the blog)

I LOVE being a stay at home mom. No, I mean literally. I LOVE IT. I always have. This is…

8 years ago

My Eight Parenting Mottos, For Which I Make No Apologies

There are a few parenting mottos I've adopted, for which I do not apologize, not even a little, not even…

8 years ago

Cleaning Chores For Kids, By Age

Cleaning Chores For Kids, By Age   Hello, friends! April is resting a powerful case of tendonitis, so Edna Thompson,…

8 years ago

What a truly realistic schedule would look like

I mentioned before that I'm using this book to build a new family schedule.   My first one was ridiculously…

9 years ago

Messy is the New Beautiful Photoblog

This is beauty to me: my sweet ten-year-old in his new arm cast. I'm not saying that I'm happy my…

9 years ago

Four Things to Learn From the Duggars That They Didn’t Mean to Teach

Did any of you see the news? The Josh Duggar news? Turns out the latest is that he has cheated…

9 years ago

“Home Should be Heaven on Earth”

I just have to record this moment. I was leaving the laundry room, and Joshua was in the kitchen digging…

9 years ago

Running Away from it All: Yosemite Day One

Day One: You know we love a road trip. Today we did something wild and crazy. We left our children…

9 years ago

14 Tips for Your First Year of Classical Conversations

 Tomorrow night is parent night for our Classical Conversations campus. This will mark the ending of our very first year…

9 years ago

Every Good and Perfect Gift is from Above

10 Random Thoughts from an Exhausted Mom (It was a long day.) 1. How many boys, ages 9 down to…

9 years ago