I don’t know how things look from your living room couch, but as I look around our house, I see a wealth of dried out markers, socks with no mate, lift-the-flap books with flaps ripped out of them, and, of course, diapers. An abundance of diapers, a diaper deluge. And no shortage of creative ways to play with them. If…
Now that chilly fall weather has blown in, I, along with all other moms north of the Mason-Dixon line, have been scouting out indoor play places for the kids to burn off energy and have some fun. My friend suggested a nearby spot that I had never been to before. Within a few minutes of arriving, the girls had decided…
I wish I could bottle these days. We are enjoying my favorite season…Indian summer. I just looked up “Indian summer” in the Farmer’s Almanac online, and apparently there are numerous criteria that must be met for “official” Indian summer. But for me, a string of days in the 80s in the middle of October qualifies. We’re trying to make the…
I do my best to keep everyone safe around the house and yard, but with three active little ones I often feel like we are merely one small baby step from calamity. I’m spinning plates in the air, and at any moment, it all could come crashing down. Just look what my 12 month old has learned how to…
My husband is a big fan of fairs. The Ferris wheel, tractor pull, watch-a-calf-being-born variety. And, of course, the baby photo contest at our local fair, held over Labor Day weekend. Since I’m the main photographer around our house, every year he asks me to choose some pictures, get them printed out and framed, and enter them at the county…