by Amy LeForge | Sep 20, 2010 | Home Schooling
In typical September tradition, I’m here to tell you how we’re doing with homeschooling so far. The older boys are now in 7th grade, while the younger ones are in 3rd. We got delayed by my knee injury last winter so they didn’t finish 2nd and 6th...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 19, 2010 | Fun For Your Friday
So I’m standing at the bulk-food store with the children when TechnoBoy spots a gigantic container of puffed cheese balls. And by gigantic, I mean GIGANTIC. I don’t usually buy the puffed cheese balls for the boys because a) they’re junk food and b)...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 10, 2010 | Fun For Your Friday
Hullooooo, Internets! We’re returning to the weekly Fun For Your Friday plan after taking a short break. This week the younger boys and I had to take the puppy to the vet for a checkup. While we were waiting I commented on how fast her nose was sniffing...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 8, 2010 | Resources/Reviews
Earlier this summer Maggie from EcoStoreUSA contacted me about the plant based cleaning and personal care products offered by her company. She was kind enough to send me the All Purpose Cleaner as well as the Dishwash Liquid, which I’ve been trying out around...
by Amy LeForge | Sep 2, 2010 | Thoughts from Amy
The Mercenary is well on his way to perfecting the adolescent sigh of irritation whenever I breathe. Yesterday I said to him “Hey, please take the sheets off your bed and bring them down to my room so I can wash them for you.” His response was to roll his...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 27, 2010 | Fun For Your Friday
So yesterday was a fun day for us here at Earnest Parenting. We spent our first day as a family at an amusement park. After a slow start, a good time was had by all. Certain individuals came home with mild sunburn, and after an extremely late night I’m letting...