Earnest Parenting.com logo

Encouraging Heroes. You can be one too.

Thoughts on Messy Rooms

I am a person who is obsessed with keen on order. Most of life is manageable because I follow my own little rules and systems. For example: when I take off the puppy’s collar, I set it on the dresser near the garage door. Then whenever I need to take her out, I...

Gratitude

I didn’t know what I wanted to say on the anniversary of 9/11 last week, so I didn’t post anything here on the blog. Instead we watched a little bit of the coverage in the morning and I explained the story to the boys again. The older boys were only 3 and...

I Feel Like Alice’s Rabbit

Holy cow, Internets. Life is spinning by so fast! When we finished the last school year I remember feeling like I was finishing a marathon, and if we could just make it to June things would relax and then I could get a few things done around here. HA. Soooo, now...

Things I Never Predicted I’d Say to my Children

Don’t throw the chickens. A puppy is not a toy. It’s not cool to burn your brother’s shirt with a magnifying glass. It’s really not cool to burn your brother’s shirt with a magnifying glass while he’s wearing it. Got any to add to...

4 New Daddies

As promised, here she is: our new puppy. We drove to Ohio Monday and spent the night at a hotel with a water park. Very fun! Then Tuesday we went and got Keely and drove home. It was a fantastic trip, but exhausting. I didn’t even feel like eating anything until...