by Amy LeForge | Nov 2, 2007 | Parenting
I wrote my weekly post over at ForeverParenting.com about our adventures in sleeping with Captain Earthquake. Captain Earthquake earned his name with his sleeping habits. He’s never been one to stay in bed all night. When he was in the crib, I was up at least a few...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 29, 2007 | Relationship
A friend said something recently that got me thinking about funny things my dad does. He’s a big tree fanatic, and I mean big. In 1976 he and my mother planted one thousand blue spruce seedlings. Sadly 500 of them got mowed under by a farmer who was, uhhhh, not...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 26, 2007 | Parenting
We’re going to have to break some bad news to the boys today. A family that we’ve been close with for over 6 years is leaving our church; tomorrow is their last day. We’ll still be friends, and hopefully see each other once or twice a month. But...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 24, 2007 | Tween
The Mercenary gets annoyed with me – routinely – because I insist on working through problems step by step whenever he gets stuck on things in school. Drives him crazy! He is a person who hates systematic approaches to things, and would much rather just...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 22, 2007 | Parenting
In my second post on this topic, I asked the following question: How does your ideal parenting picture match up with the reality of your life? Some key ideas from my ideal picture are positive attitude and efforts in school family pursuit of hobbies and sports calm...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 16, 2007 | Parenting
Alrighty, everyone’s had some time to ponder the question. Here’s what my ideal picture looks like: The boys all enjoy learning and we work together with positive attitudes to complete our lessons each day. After lunch (since we finished all the work...
