Category: parenting

helping or hindering?

I have mixed feelings about the tone of this campaign but the results are certainly going to be defensive or self-righteous parents.

mom cooties

Every day, I have been trying to clean out a little of the “stuff” that clutters our basement and garage. I can’t do anything with Doug’s treasures (“I might need that clothing from the 80s or old junk mail”) so it has primarily been my old clothes and the children’s stuff being tossed. I have […]

tractor-tippin’

I can’t believe I had to explain cow tipping to my Tennessee teenager.  I think I’ll send the kids snipe hunting this week.

Day Two

Katie just posted the suggestions for this week, but I had to get started already since I’m worried about making it to day #50. Our Day two was actually on Thursday and I almost didn’t include it since it was such a, well, disaster. We started off with a picnic on the living room floor. […]

blogging teens

While schools and parents everywhere are wringing their hands about teens who blog, we are actively encouraging our oldest children to blog.  They have only a few basic safety rules to follow and we closely monitor them (and their friends’ blogs) but for the most part, they are allowed to say whatever they want to […]

All Together Now

Sarah comes home tomorrow.  Hooray! Sarah’s laundry comes home tomorrow.  Eww. Saturday, Amy will be 4 years old.  Aww. Amy already had her party and declared herself “FOUR”.  Yay!

brain stew

After several days of pop-tart binging, Amy has finally turned into a pop-tart. Yes, your face really can freeze that way and yes, you can actually turn into that thing you just won’t quit eating. I would like to spend my day calling Kellogg’s – oh, who I am I kidding? I never call anyone […]

Day One

Katie isn’t posting her weekly suggestions until this weekend, but I am going to get started now or I’ll never make it to day #50. Today’s theme is ‘reading’. Tommy and Noah are voracious readers but Sarah would rather be doing other things. When I was her age I had read through every single Bobbsey […]

50 days of summer

Katie Fleck is celebrating the 50 days of summer with activities and adventures. With children ranging in age from toddler to teen, our activities will not always include the entire family, but we’re going to try anyway.