For the past several days, I’ve been visiting family out-of-state with the boys. We’ve been having a fabulous visit, but it has a rollercoaster with Zippy! One minute quietly painting at the kitchen table, another minute shooting fruit out of his mouth and across the table. One minute graciously entertaining his brother, the next minute […]
The Great Outdoors
I’ve never considered myself an outdoorsy type of person. In grad school I did enjoy solitary bike rides through the Ohio countryside, and I love working in my yard, but since becoming a “real grown-up” (i.e., job, husband, then kids) I am generally happy to spend those rare, precious moments I get to myself shopping […]
Guilty Pleasure
A couple of evenings ago, Zippy went next door to play with the neighbor girls while I was working in the backyard (busy chopping up the enormous branches that resulted from having fruit trees pruned – fun!). It was unseasonably warm and a beautiful evening out. I listened to the kids playing, occasionally glancing over my […]
Why I Let My Babies Cry It Out & What I Learned
The topic of crying-it-out has been on my mind a lot lately. Maybe because my 13-month-old hasn’t been sleeping too well this week. Maybe because it came up during girls-night-out with some other moms last Friday. Maybe because, when I started perusing other parents’ blogs, I realized just how many mixed messages we get about […]
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