Angelina is nearly 15; can you believe it?! I can’t wrap my mind around this. Last month, Timm and I adapted a cabinet in the kitchen to make a space where she can learn to safely use a microwave. Today, she successfully heated up an instant cup of mac and cheese. I was there to […]Read Post ›
Ash Wednesday is March 1st. Considering I will not be blogging through the month of February, I’d like to share a few resources with fellow parents who try to live the Church year in their daily family life. This past Advent our church sent all the children home with a Look Around The Manger pop-up […]Read Post ›
Most of these toys have been in our home for the past 3 years and are still going strong. These are the sorts of toys I plan on keeping forever, long after my kids have outgrown them, at the ready for when friends stop by with young kids and eventually for the grandkids. Developmentally my kids play at a five-year-old or younger stage, I expect this list will change a bit as they grow older.
This morning at 5am I woke to hear Roman sobbing. I rolled out of bed, put on my slippers and robe, then stepped into his room. After he cleared the quick mom eval: no vomit, no blood, no poop, new clean diaper, not too hot, not too cold, fed, hydrated, eyes responding to light (that’s […]Read Post ›
Last Sunday night I packed for the hospital stay. For myself I had one extra outfit, a bag of snacks, 2 coloring books, a packet of favorite markers, 2 novels, a journal, stationary, a devotional, and my cozy strip blanket which I’ve mentioned before. I was sure I’d have so much down time in the […]Read Post ›
Since returning to the states, an unexpected challenge has been getting Angelina to drink liquid throughout the day. Raised in an orphanage without potable water, she was most likely accustomed to being chronically dehydrated. During the weeks we spent at her orphanage, my husband and I noticed that the kids got a mug of water […]Read Post ›
(my strong father) Angelina uses many words for Timm; he is Papa, Tato, Bat’ko, Daddy, and Tim. She is still figuring out what he is, who he is, what he means for her. A few things I know for sure, she knows he belongs to her, he is strong, he is loving. This is all […]Read Post ›
We valiantly held it at bay as long as possible but this final week of February, the longest week of the year every year, our household’s creative stamina ran out and winter cabin fever hit us hard. I wish it was as bizarre as when the muppets get cabin fever, but for us it means […]Read Post ›
I don’t always do a blog-along (or whatever these things are called when you jump on board another person’s blog topic), but when I do it’s because my friend Adriane started gushing about aprons and then asked other people to share their apron stories too. One a week. How many weeks in a year? How […]Read Post ›
Goodness knows I love Pinterest. I find crock pot recipes and garden advice that I actually uses…and then I have about a zillion other boards of fabulous craft projects, home renovations, and kid activities that I will honestly never ever do. The weather here in Wisconsin has been slow to warm up this Spring. We […]Read Post ›
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