Getting heirloom quality, Christmas card like photographs of children with smiley faces is no easy task. As a mom I’ve learned what works best for us, and I asked our family’s photographer to share some advice as well. We have our family pictures done every year by a local photographer, Lori Anderson of Simply Southern […]
Moms, take your kids and vote!
I make an effort to stay clear from anything political here – it’s just not that kind of platform. But it’s voting day!! And moms don’t get a break from their kids to go vote. Yes there is early voting in some states. But I still prefer the hoopla of voting day. It’s exciting to me. […]
Being patient, when handwriting doesn’t come easy
Handwriting doesn’t come easy for my kindergarten-aged child. Therefore, when my middle girl spontaneously decided to make a card for dad last weekend – with a handwritten note – it was a monumental event! I protected her space, and her work, from her sisters. I informed my husband what she was doing so he knew […]
Snapshots from the Cruze Farm Corn Maze
We had the pleasure of attending a beautiful birthday party at Cruze Farm Corn Maze Sunday. Everyone in these local parts know about the wonderful, organic milk from the Cruze Dairy Farm. And thanks to an article last month in the New York Times about buttermilk that featured Colleen Cruze of the Cruze Dairy Farm […]
Why I don’t like keeping to-do lists
When I start getting stressed I make to-do lists. When I’m not stressed, I will most likely loose my lists. When there is a lot going on, I get out my notebook of lists. I’m mostly a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants gal. For example, when traveling through Europe with my husband in our younger pre-kid days, we hopped […]
When mothering gets tough, I eat chocolate!
It was one of those days with three grouchy girls in the house, and when I let the contagious funk get the worst of me too. It was an estrogen overload. No doubt about it. We needed a boy around to balance our act. But we had none. What we did have was chocolate. My […]
Winning the after school snack cunundrum in the car
I’m putting a stop to eating in the car, actually it’s the van – Betty the Bus. But after three years I still have have time saying I drive a van. So I don’t say it. Even though I just did. But damn that van! It gets crumby, and sticky and nasty with food. So […]
Hiking to the top of Mt. LeConte with SIX kids
I’m pretty sure we made record at the LeConte Lodge in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for having the most, and the youngest, children there at one time Wednesday night – bringing up six kids ranging in ages from 2-8 years old. The Lodge sits at an elevation of about 6400 feet and is only […]
Traveling, time warping, and finding a new routine
When I sat down at my computer today and looked at the calendar I realized it has been a full week since being at my computer, at all! A week since telling you about the first day of school. So where have we been? We’ve been traveling, time warping, unpacking, and now finally, trying to settle […]