by Amy LeForge | Jul 22, 2010 | Discipline
A theme I keep coming back to in this blog is the disconnect between my work ethic and the boys’. I am a workaholic. Plain and simple, I’d rather be pursuing a task than sitting still. The older I get, the more I want to be completing things. Don’t...
by Amy LeForge | Jul 20, 2010 | Resources/Reviews
Remember the pasta test we did a few weeks ago? It was fun! As a result of that post, I was contacted by Meredith of McDowell & Piasecki, asking if we’d like to try out a brand I’d not heard of before: DreamFields Pasta. It turns out that Dreamfields...
by Amy LeForge | Jul 16, 2010 | Fun For Your Friday
Hey! It’s Friday again. Time for some fun, don’t you think? Today everyone at Earnest Parenting is enjoying a sunny day with weather that’s not fantastically hot and sticky. Yay! We’re focusing on chickens here as we get ready for the county...
by Amy LeForge | Jul 14, 2010 | Discipline
There are a lot of things that mystify me when it comes to my boys; the need to destroy-ahhh, I mean disassemble everything they touch, the constant violence, persistent bathroom humor…ugh. The biggest difficulty has been our differences regarding work. I think...
by Amy LeForge | Jul 9, 2010 | Fun For Your Friday
Good Friday, Internets! For todays Fun For Your Friday edition, I’m enjoying a slightly cooler day and a cute picture of the boys at the beach last summer. Or was it the summer before? I forget. Guess we’d better get to more beaches this year, eh? Welcome...
by Amy LeForge | Jul 6, 2010 | Philosophy
The third rule that Hubby and I live by is “blessings are undeserved”. Now, I know that this explanation is not going to sit well with everyone who reads this post. No problem! You are most welcome to disagree with me; however this is how we choose to...