Birthday Meme
Thanks to Linda at The Ugly Mailbox I get to play in a Meme. 🙂 Here's how this one works: You go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day). Then you write down 3 events, 2 births, 1 holiday, and tag 5 friends. There are five slots in the meme list…If you...
The bucket story
Winter 2006 On Saturday The Manager(age 3) coughed so hard he gagged and threw up on 2 separate occasions. Small town life means no doctors on the weekend unless we go to the ER, so we decided to just survive till Monday and then call for the appt. Meanwhile, we tried...
Not to worry, I rescued him
I spent the last hour or so writing my most recent post on parenting. This caused me to be tired. Especially since I wrote it sitting on my incredibly (old) soft and comfy couch. So I closed my eyes and snoozed here in the living room for just a few minutes.  While...
Parenting Philosophies
I've been pondering deeply my approaches to parenting, and thought I'd share them with you. Let me start by saying that my way is NOT the be-all and end-all of parenting. Like I say in my tagline, I'm just doing my best to get the hang of this job. Let me also say...
Extra Reading
You may have noticed a couple of links in my blogroll section (soon to be its own page...this site is still under construction). One is Financing Your Family, and the other is Fathered Five. Both of these are blogs written by men, and I've been tremendously...
How To: Start Homeschooling (Part 3)
Okay, this is the third installment of my series on how to start homeschooling. First we talked about Exploring your options, then we discussed Investigating possibilities. Now, we're going to talk about what Planning will help you get set up. I'm assuming that you've...
Mystery solved
A memory from 2006 Captain Earthquake has been waking up at night. Okay, well, he wakes up every night, multiple times. He comes and gets me to tuck him back in. Sometimes its once a night, rarely he sleeps through, and often it's multiple wake ups. Several nights ago...
How?
March 2006 Funny thing: my little boys don't say why. Ever. They ask "how?" all the time. I don't know where they got it, but that's what they say. It's clear they mean "why", but they always say how. Or "have to?". I've tried getting them to ask why, but when the...
Connecting
I had quite a serious conversation with TechnoBoy this week. I don't know what's been going on with him lately, but his temper has been flaring at surprising moments. Like....I ask him to help me pick up an item off the floor. Or....I tell him that he has to eat fruit...
Take Cover
Apparently, 2006 was a funny year: Today I told the big boys they could learn how to make grilled cheese sandwiches. There was much excitement in the kitchen. Now, most people make grilled cheese sandwiches by spreading butter on the bread and frying in a pan. Ever...