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2 Laughs and a Link

The boys finished off some crackers today and Captain Earthquake was quick to claim the empty box as his own. When I showed up and suspiciously asked what he was going to do with it, he looked at me with big wide eyes and said cheerfully, “I’m going to...

1 Tool to Improve Parenting Effectiveness

I’m going to tease you a little bit, then send you on over to GNMParents (now ForeverParenting) to read my post. I was watching a Hannah Montana episode this weekend and had an epiphany! There’s one tool I really need to improve my effectiveness as a...

Getting Kids to Value a Clean Van

Exciting news! The boys cleaned the van with enthusiasm this morning. Can you believe it? I’m still in shock. I wrote all about it over at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting) in my weekly post. Let’s face it, breakthroughs like this don’t happen every...

Ode to a Jacket

Poor jacket. You spent the days alone. Left behind. Abandoned. All the other jackets were gone without you, sliding down hills, going on adventures with Grandma and Grandpa, leaving you behind. It was a quiet 3 days. I felt sorry for you. Hanging there. All alone....

Perhaps I Should Rethink the “Saving Energy” Thing

Sooooo, today was a rather trying day. Not horrible, or even bad. Just trying. By the end of it I was very ready for boys to just. be. quiet. Thank you. Hubby was kind enough to supervise bedtime routine. I showed up for prayers, then retreated to the bedroom to play...

Math Backwards

TechnoBoy usually completes his math assignments by starting at the last problem on the page and working backward to the first. Normally this isn’t a problem but every once in a while he neglects to notice that he’s not on the right lesson and accidentally...