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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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And…We got the flu.
I knew when I wrote my long and detailed post, 5 Reasons I will not get a flu shot, that we would end up getting the flu. Just because that would be my luck. And I was right. That’s where I’ve been all week long. Cuddled up with my kids (cat included) reading books, watching too much […]
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Shopping local is fun. Come along and I’ll show you.
Saturday I was thrilled to have the task of doing our family’s grocery shopping. That may sound strange, but I don’t get out much for long periods of time by myself, with zero kids. So I was more than excited about what I had planned for myself, as I supported local artists, farmers and bakers. […]
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For our lazy “snow day” we made clay snowmen
Friday we had a dusting of light snow. It was enough to delay school and make it not worth the hassle of going. I had one sick girl and a pre-schooler who was snuggled in her PJs with me. None of us were motivated to go anywhere, or go outside in the fidget, windy weather […]
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Spinach Pizza Poppers are made to please
My kids love – as in love enough to eat everyday the rest of their lives – Amy’s organic (yet still processed) spinach pizza snacks. This fall our CSA farmer brought me such an abundance of fresh spinach that it would have been impossible for one family to consume before it began decomposing in thier […]
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A toddler shirt brings back memories of a new mom
It’s a simple tie-dyed orange and pink shirt, size 2. My oldest daughter got it while shopping with a friend, sitting in the buggy with another 18-month-old. They pulled the straws out of their milks and dumped them on themselves. They thought it was hilarious. Being a new mom I grabbed the clean tie-dyed shirt […]
