Family
-
TV Time Out
I’m not one of those mom’s who keeps vigilant watch over how many minutes or hours of TV Bean watches. As long as he has more hours doing active, creative, stimulating things than…
-
It’s Why I’m Here
This week, my sweet dad has been driving over an hour to my house every morning in order to stay with Bean during the day so that Chris and I don’t have to…
-
Child Labor
In our house, we believe strongly in child labor. Specifically of the chore variety. We hadn’t planned on starting chores in our house until Bean was older. But he has shown an early…
-
The Sister Speaks (About Being Married)
Last week I asked my sister to guest blog on MC. She’s actually a really great writer and her perspectives on life, marriage, love, and family are so fresh and relatable that I…
-
Oh, There You Are, Peter…
A little over two months ago, I shared on my blog that I was struggling with depression. 2010 was a rough year for my family and all the pressures and anxieties that come…
-
How to Tie a Bow
Every Christmas, my gift wrapping is put to shame at Chris’s grandmother’s house. In my family, we use the bag of pre-made bows on our presents. Wrap the gift, shove the bow on…
-
18 Months and On the Go
Over our Christmas vacation in Pensacola, Florida, with Chris’s family, Chris’ mom, Jackie, took us all to the Naval Air Museum at the Air Force base in town. Chris and I had been…
-
Gratitude in 2011
Over the past couple weeks, my mom shared a big secret with me. So, I thought I’d share it with the internet. Seems only right. She told me that for the past three…
-
Christmas Week, Part Three
After a week of preparing and waiting, Christmas morning finally came. Bean’s little eyeballs lit up when he saw what Santa had left him and thanks to his visit earlier in the week…
-
Christmas Week, Part Two
Thursday night after the ladies of the family had pampered ourselves silly and the boys had destroyed each other on the golf course, there was a mysterious knock at the door… And who…
