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Win Some, Lose Some
Oh, Lord, y’all. I’m about to tell you a really long, detailed story about how I messed up royally and it will make you feel better about your own life decisions. So, last…
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Little Seeds of Thought
Lately, Gracie has become very interested in babies. Specifically, where babies come from, how they get there, and how they get out. I think this mostly comes from the fact that she plays…
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Hands-Off Imagination
This weekend while we were in Chris’s office, Bean and Gracie entertained themselves for hours. I mean, HOURS. We didn’t hear a peep out of them until we went hunting for them to…
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Important Conversations and a Haircut
I took Gracie to get a haircut after school today because she decided to cut huge chunks out of her own hair a few weeks ago and it’s taken me a while to…
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Parenting Mistake #2,659: Video Games
For Bean’s seventh birthday this past June, we made a big step and bought him a Disney Infinity. I’m not a video game person. I didn’t grow up with them in our house.…
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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!
(Heads up: My phone was having real problems overheating and so I went to the Apple store today and they replaced my phone. But I hadn’t backed up my stuff to iCloud since…
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Talking to My Kids About Tragedy
As you all know, Orlando has been in shock for the past two weeks as we deal with a horrific tragedy in our community. Chris and I weren’t really sure what to tell…
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Reward Beads (with printable FREEBIE!)
Now, I don’t want to hype this blog post up or brag too much, but this could be the GREATEST IDEA ANY PARENT HAS EVER HAD IN THE HISTORY OF PARENTHOOD. As summer…
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Gracie’s PreK Graduation
Yesterday, my sweet, sassy, spitfire Gracie graduated from preschool! WHAT?!?! We are so very proud of her and all she has learned this past year. She had the same preschool teacher as Bean…
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A New Adventure: Rock Climbing
We got the sad news a few weeks ago that Bean’s best friend is moving out of the country right after school ends this year. Bean’s pretty devastated. He and his buddy have…
