This morning we set off, out of the house at 5:30 AM for our first trip flying as a family of five. We’ve flown a lot with kids. But it seems we’ve had a dry spell since the birth of our third daughter. Maybe the purchase of a minivan had something to do with it […]
Archives for January 2012
Renovations update, an old radiator and a vintage baby buggy up for grabs
This morning the rotted side of our garage was torn down and put in a dumpster by the time I got up, got breakfast and went to the store. Poof, just like that! For a before picture click here. I’m hoping someone will do a drive by looking for scrap metal and pick up that […]
Weaning and snuggles. Are we REALLY doing this?
The past few weeks my toddler has become really aggressive at me wanting to nurse. Demanding it, and then while she nurses she’s been kicking me if I do anything other than give her my full 100 percent attention – meaning no multitasking checking emails or writing blogs. Given these events, nursing has not been […]
Exciting Renovations starting at our Brown House
Since moving into our 1918 craftsman house six years ago, it’s been lovingly referred to as The Brown House. My oldest daughter named it that when she was two and it stuck. My old blog before this was called the Brown House News. Well, The Brown House is about to start undergoing some much needed […]
The “You have your hands full” comment serves as a lesson in mindfulness
My friend Jennifer from Playgroups are No Place for Children wrote a post over at Babble last week about the comment “You have your hands full.” Although she doesn’t like the comment, she’s a very sweet mama and gives everyone the benefit of the doubt. She even admits being the one to say it. Which I […]
Quick heart rings with pipe cleaners and buttons
The valentine crafts have been sitting out in our dinning room, free for the creative takers when the mood strikes them with love. Lately we’ve been struck with heart rings. They’ve been happening before breakfast, after school and a little here and there in between my daughters watching YouTube videos on arranging rooms for their dolls. […]
Easy, cheap, heart necklaces made from clay
Using a two dollar, two ounce block of Sculpey oven bake clay, we made these heart necklaces painted with acrylic paint. They were great fun, super easy, and will make fun gifts for my girls to give their friends for Valentine’s Day. Here’s how we did it. First I helped the girls roll the clay out flat, on […]
With a friend in labor, I’m sharing my birth bracelet
Labor has a place in my heart. I’m not going to say I like labor. But I don’t mind it, even with no pain medications. My third baby did leave me thinking I’ve probably had enough of that labor business – or at least the postpartum hemorrhage that comes after the baby in my case. But […]
My KNS story on the Children’s Theatre of Knoxville
I have a story in the Sunday paper of the Knoxville News Sentinel on the Children’s Theatre of Knoxville. It’s called Never-ending Families and it features three sets of siblings and one father/daughter pair in the theater’s current show The Neverending Story. Even if you are not local check it out. Because the theater, for a little community […]