Fun For Your Friday
Hulloooo, Internets! I have 2 funnies for you today. We celebrated Thanksgiving last weekend by visiting Hubby's family. They live in a remote location (translation: no Internet, limited computer time) and the boys had to use their imaginations to entertain...
Thoughts on Selfishness: A Letter to My Son
Hello Son, I want to first remind you that I love you very much, and that I think you're an amazing human being - even if you drive me crazy most days. I'm sure I bug you to pieces most of the time too. 🙂 This morning you came to me upset because your brother had...
Thankfulness
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US, a time that we use to be with family and think about our blessings. I'm thankful of course for God's amazing blessings, our family, a home that's safe and dry, food to eat, and an income that meets our needs and then some....
Fun For Your Friday
Welcome again to Fun For Your Friday! I found a neat new feature over at MckLinky.com and thought I'd try it out for today's funny. Breakfast In BedCourtesy of MckLinky Stuff - FREE! Courtesy of MckLinky Stuff - FREE! Bwahahahahahahaha! Okay, you’re next! Share a...
RIP SuperHero Pajamas
It was inevitable. There was no way to stop a day like this from happening. After all, boys grow. Fabric wears out. No way to stop that. Uh-uh, no-how. The superhero jammies first appeared in our family back in 2001, if I recall correctly. That was the Halloween I...
6 Tips to Get Your Child Reading
Gillian from LittleHeroes.com put up a great blog post outlining tips to get your child's nose into a book and I wanted to share the tips with you. And add some insights of my own. 😀 What would life be without my input? (gotta love my modesty today, don'tcha?) 1....
Little Heroes Book Giveaway – And a Coupon for You!
Did you ever get a personalized book as a kid? I remember seeing one when I was young and thinking it was so amazing that you could have your name printed right in the book. At the time, the regular text would show up in one font and the child's name was awkwardly...
Banner Day: Boys Finish Phonics Lessons
I'm thrilled to announce that Captain Earthquake and The Manager finished their entire phonics book last week. We were using The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading, which is wonderful and well-done. But it has 231 lessons. 231. We worked on that book for a...
Lessons Learned…Again
I've been learning old lessons lately. Seems like I'd learn them and move on to new mistakes in life but nooooooo. Not me. By the time we arrived at life in the Earnest Parenting household last week Friday I was completely fried. The stress of several situations had...
Fun For Your Friday
Hullo again, friends! It's officially Friday and time for our weekly chuckle. For my offering this week, I bring to you a story from the past that still makes me giggle. (Originally posted it in August of 2007.) The Mercenary had opted to clean the van for 50 cents....