Cooking up love and learning in the fast lane!
We get up and we fight another day, every day. We weather fierce storms of spiritual winds and lightnings and thunderings. We are billowed and blown unless our roots are deep and our convictions are strong...please keep teaching your children the truth. We cannot neglect strengthening their armor. For some of us, that is our current time and season; that is our fight; and it's okay that that's "all it is".
I don't know about you, but I get REALLY excited for New Year's Resolutions. I guess it has to do with being a perfectionist or something? Overachiever? I am a complete failure at being an overachiever, by the way, but I constantly have to feel like I'm making PROGRESS somehow, and without goals I really… Continue reading How Firm a Foundation: My Goals for 2018
Once upon a time, I had perfectly well-behaved boys who never ever did anything that required some form of consequence. ...yeah, about that. For a while there, I actually considered throwing them out a window or something. There's three of them. I'm totally outnumbered. And they weren't listening, obeying, or doing anything remotely helpful to… Continue reading The All-Great and Amazing Behavior Chart
What are your priorities? Top of your head. Whatever comes to you. You'll probably think your kids. Your husband. Keeping the house clean. Normal life stuff. That's what I think of. It sort of feels like we have this obvious set of answers we fall back on. The things that should be our priorities, so… Continue reading How I Accidentally Prioritize Silly Things (and How I’m Going to Change That)
So remember how I said Red was a three-day potty training master, easy peasy? (You can read about that here if you missed it.) Well, the Professor is...not...going as well. When they say every kid is different, they mean it. The circumstance of each kid is different too, really. That whole oldest, middle, youngest, plus… Continue reading Potty Training 2.0 (Or, an Update to Potty Training Boys)
My mom is not a fantastic cook. I'm not being mean, you can ask her, she's just not! She has many, MANY talents...cooking just isn't one of them. I'll skip the stories (although there are some good ones) because she'll kill me if I publish them on the internet. One thing I do remember her… Continue reading Jazzed Up Mac & Cheese
When I was a teenager, I hated babysitting. Seriously. So many girls at church would jump at the chance to babysit, and me? Nope. Nuh-uh, no thank you. ...oh gosh, please don't make me. I blamed it on being the youngest in my family. I blamed it on not understanding kids. I blamed it on… Continue reading Patience & the Awful, Horrible Mommy Tantrums of Doom
Story time: The last few weeks, I've been working with Red (the four year old) on memorizing my phone number. We've done it before, and he had it down, mostly, but it just wasn't sticking. So I sang it. I made up a tune that worked and he liked it and now he can't forget… Continue reading Singing My Phone Number (Or, Helping Your Kids Memorize Anything)
Just started potty training Boy #2, so potty training is on my brain...and sometimes, all over the floor. Sigh. I know a lot of people that ask for advice on how to potty train. Honestly, read all you want to and figure out what works best for you and your kids. But here's what we… Continue reading Potty Training Boys 101
Cookies & Racecars 