Parenting
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I Knew She’d Be My Girl
When I found out I was having a baby girl, I pictured Gracie. Before I knew her name. Before I saw my first ultrasound. Before I heard her speak. I pictured Gracie. I…
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Pre-Gaming for Princesses
Gracie’s birthday is coming up. Oh, you didn’t know? Then you must not have heard her the first 3,623 times she has reminded the entire world that her birthday is coming soon. She…
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Bad Religion
The other day, I was getting on to Bean for something. I can’t remember what exactly right now, but it was probably for annoying Gracie. So, I say to him, “You’ve got one…
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Baseball Opening Ceremonies, 2015
Chris ordered a camera battery charger for me last week and saved my pictures. And my blog. So, now we are back to regularly scheduled programming. Last weekend, we had Bean’s first tee…
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A Dinner Idea
Last week, I let the kids help me meal plan for the week. They each got to pick a dinner we would have one night, and then on the night we had their…
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An Athletic Upgrade
Bean had his first tee ball practice this past Sunday, and it was pretty much as cute as you can imagine. I think Bean will like tee ball. It seems to fit his…
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Chores for Little Family Members
In my house growing up, we did chores as a family every Saturday morning. I remember it so vividly. Ginny and I had to clean our rooms, change our bedsheets, and then we…
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The Time Out Fail
This morning, Gracie was in time out for who-knows-what. We have two designated “time out spots” in our house, which makes it easy to enforce when there is a discipline issue. The kids…
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Is Anyone Still Here????
Oh, imaginary friends! How I have missed you! Life has taken over in the last few weeks, as I know is prone to happen this time of year. Between holiday parties, finish up…
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Raising a Kindergartener
People ask often which age of raising kids has been my favorite so far. That’s such a tough question because each age has it’s ups and downs. Some years, yes, there are more…
