Killing Her With Kindness
I grew up in a house with three sisters, four girls. 4 loud girls. (I’m 50% Italian, didya know that?) You know what we did? Lots of fighting. Certain pairs more than others… (the way I remember it I...
View ArticleBrain = Washed
This is all going to come out as a big emotional whoosh and with these kids running about I don’t really have time to go back and edit it into submission so we’re just going to roll with it. Mmmkay?I...
View ArticleHomeschool Schedule
The time has come that we are “officially” homeschooling Peanut. Crazy, huh? We summited our paperwork and some bureaucrat in an office somewhere knows that I’m doing this and will be reviewing our...
View ArticleWhy I’m Not Yelling (because it’s not that I don’t want to)
Alternate Title: Dear Christine, I hate you because this is hard, but I love you because this is good.I haven’t yelled in nigh on three weeks now. There have been a few moments of raised voices, a...
View ArticleFives Revived
It’s been two years since I’ve done a “Fives” post. I’ve been so busy being chilled, relaxed, and stress-free that I guess I couldn’t be bothered to post anymore regularly than that. (That’s just a...
View ArticleReview: Torn
I read “Torn” by Jud Wilhite as part of the “Blogging for Books” review program meaning that I got a free copy of this book to read and then review. I hereby solemnly swear that my opinions on this...
View ArticleLooking Back: One Month Home
Remember how we came home from Ethiopia and had three kids three and under? Oh boy. I generally remember and frankly, I’m not sure that I want any more details that I what I currently have. Some...
View ArticleGiggles of Days Gone By
My kids are all funny, but so far Peanut just has a way of putting words together that cracks me up. He’s hysterical. Today we were reading “The Butter Battle Book” and we hadn’t read it for awhile so...
View ArticleDueling ABCs of a Beach Vacation with Little Kids
Dueling ABCs started back over 18 months ago when Little Princess Flower and I were debating the day to day life with small children. Little Princess Flower has been silenced for awhile because that’s...
View ArticleHomeschool Week Backwards & Forwards
I have a lot of people ask me how homeschool is going. I’m working on a post about my Probably Irrational Homeschool Fears, but all in all, it’s going well. I can’t stress enough the positive...
View ArticleForgiving the things they say
Forgiveness. It’s such a vital part of the life as a mother, but no one has ever (at least not on this blog) said it was easy. Our children, no matter how much we love them we do and say things that we...
View ArticleHomeschool Week Backwards & Forwards
I enjoyed writing this last week and loved reading the comments that I received so I’m going to do it again. I like blogging about our homeschooling, and while I doubt our crazy little school is going...
View ArticleFlag Blankets for Sale
Thank you for your interest in ordering an Ethiopian Flag Blanket for your child. I’m happy to be able to share these with you on a limited basis. The flag blankets are approximately 31x34 inches...
View ArticleGrocery Store Me
Dear Grocery Store Me,First, I think you’re awesome. It’s always nice to start with encouragement, right? Now that we’ve got the pleasantries out of the way, please continue reading Option 1 or Option...
View ArticleHow to Handle a String of Cranky Days
All kids and moms have cranky days. Usually one cranky day isn’t a big deal, two cranky days might have me raising my eyebrows, and to be honest, three days of a cranky child/children is usually when I...
View Article10 Thanksgiving Books
I just pulled out our Thanksgiving books that were tucked away in the garage and added them to the ones that I purchased this year. There is one board book, but most of these books are on the enjoyment...
View ArticleThe Perspective I Need
I went to visit my family recently and that requires approximately seven hours of driving each direction so I had more than average amount of time to spend thinking since the kids were strapped down....
View ArticleEntertaining Kids Brainstorm for the Megastorm
I still contend that the Zehlahlum kids could take down a hurricane any day and that I’m planning on just sending them outside to play anyway…in raincoats, of course, because I’m a good parent. I’ve...
View ArticleNational Adoption Month Look Back
What am I going to say about National Adoption Month? I haven’t entirely decided yet. For awhile I thought I was going to avoid it completely. I haven’t been talking about adoption much on the blog...
View ArticleChristmas Book Compendium
I am a Christmas book aficionado, which is probably not super surprising to anyone. Here’s my collection of Christmas books. I’ve categorized about 18 different ways but finally settled on Religious,...
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