I’ll totally bounce on the bouncy house, eat aaaalllll of the candy when they’re not looking despite my best efforts at self control… {candy tax, suckas} and we’ll probably turn the house into ‘Harry Potter World’ all in the name of Halloween this year. It’s one of our fam’s very favorite holidays, which basically makes us inherently…
death by minivan
I’m here before you with sweaty palms and a lowered head while I move my feet awkwardly in a way likened to that of a three year old. Who just broke your favorite vase handed down through generations that your grandmother’s aunt’s sister gave you on your sixteenth birthday. Because today, I have a truth to…
things I’m too old for this halloween {ghosts of halloweens past}
I will totally bounce on the bouncy house, eat aaaalllll of the candy when they’re not looking despite my best efforts at self control… and we’ll probably turn the house into Harry Potter world all in the name of Halloween this year. It’s one of our very favorite holidays, after all. But this time around, I must…
maybe the best thing that ever happened to us
I wanted to do 31 days of Homeschooling for 31 days in October, and then I realized that about 99.9999% of you would most definitely stop reading. Blue stripe omissions + lots of pics of kids in giant t-shirts since I no longer dress my family + massive posts on the great world of homeschooling…
fearlessly present
We celebrate the boys’ birthdays this week with a party for both. We’re going the easy-peasy, glow-in-the-dark bouncy party route because I seem to fluctuate between have-a-freak-session-over-the-top-party-prep, and I’m-really-exhausted-so-let’s-just-do-something-brilliantly-easy-and-call-it-a-day-kind-of-hurrah. It’s my creative side meets practicality. I probably have some kind of a parenting personality disorder, and I’m pretty sure someone would call DHR if they…
And no one died.
Jamin is a youth minister. It is summer. I shall now let those statements stand alone. On their own. So that the utmost recognition and camaraderie from youth minister wives everywhere may nod in solemn, unified empathy. I did the single parenting gig. Alone. For two weeks. Two. Weeks. I will do it again and…
amnesia + mutant ninja babies
It hit me the other day. It’s something I’ve realized for a while, but it kind of smacked me in the face, this time around. A real epiphany. A mack truck barreling it’s way down the nearest proverbial exit ramp where I sat, completely unaware. I may or may not have been enjoying a nice healthy…
keys to the kingdom : a mom’s guide to surviving disney
Pssst: Be sure to check out all of our updated tips, here. Remember our lil trip to Walt Disney World, precisely 1.5 months ago? A little bit of chaos ensued after that, and it felt as if I’d been hit by a freight train. So we’ve hardly had a moment to catch our breaths, but due…