Be Surprising
Last year at this time the boys and I went skiing for the very first time ever in our whole lives. Our neighbors' private school was having a field trip and invited us to join. It was a fantastic trip! The only downside was the 12 months of begging to go again. Skiing...
WFMW: Peach Pie Filling
Remember last week, when I told you about the Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies? Did you know that the peach pie filling I used was home-made? Yep! It was, and it's very easy to do. I'm telling you about it now so you can plan to make it yourself this summer when peaches are...
Teach Lessons More Effectively Without Warning
I am the Queen of Warning, married to the King of Warning. If the boys are on the wrong track, we both like to correct them. However, this is not conducive to the Love and Logic technique of letting kids mess up to learn lessons. So! I'm trying not to give warnings....
Fun For Your Friday: Pigeon Impossible
Welcome to Friday, Internets! Are you having fun yet? We're actually having a reasonable day here...2 boys are visiting grandparents and it's amazing how much easier life is when you're only dealing with one age group. Anyhow. Hubby's brother-in-law sent a link to a...
WFMW: Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
I stopped buying my yummy frozen breakfasts a couple of months ago because we're trying to improve the ol' bottom line around here. Cereal is fine, but I've been noticing (horror of horrors) that I like sweet things less and less. Isn't that terrible? I've never been...
Tuesday News Roundup
Have your kids asked a lot of questions about the devastation in Haiti? Kristin over at Thrive blog has an article with age-appropriate suggestions for conversations about the tragedy. Anna Miller from Online Degree.net let me know about her post, 10 Great Articles to...
Are Your Kids Calm in a Crisis?
OW!!! As I sank to the floor I clapped my hands to the top of my head, gritting my teeth in pain. I'd just banged my head on the bottom of a cabinet while trying to stand up. The pain was intense, and I was angry at myself as well. This was the third time I'd hit that...
Fun For Your Friday
Happy Friday Internets! Here at Earnest Parenting we're entering the gloomy season weather-wise. It's quite common to not see much sunshine for days or even weeks at a time in January and February. Bleh. Not my favorite. The cloud cover is thick as I type, which...
Fresh Air Clear Vision
Sara from The Fresh Air Fund contacted me last month to tell me about a wonderful gift given to children who participated in Fresh Air camps this past summer. OneSight brought a traveling optical clinic to the camps and made sure that over 3000 children who needed the...
Stay Close to Your Tween/Teen by Being Direct
Even though no one here is officially an adolescent, Hubby and I are already seeing some of the emotional storms that are common to that age. I'll be the first to say that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing here...I think "winging it" is going to be the order of...