It blows my mind to tell people my babies are nine and seven years old.  Back when they were infants I would meet people with fourth-gr...

Hello there!  If you are just joining us from  Joy Reclaimed , welcome! I am so glad to have you here. Feel free to look around and introduc...

I have a treat for you! I'm welcoming Laura as a guest to the blog today.  This special lady is a new friend of mine but was once my hub...

Friday is the last day of school for the boys and MAN am I ready!!!  I am so sick of packing lunch and unpacking piles of paper that the pr...

I lost my voice four days ago and I am starting to wonder: will it ever come back?  No, not my literary voice; it's my actual voice th...

For quite some time now, Biggest has been really into "saving up."  He decides on (what else?) a Lego set, and then saves eve...

My boys have been giving me fits.  Today's case in point was at the tail-end of a birthday party.  Half of you were there, so you got to...

I got to spend significant one-on-one time with each of my boys this past weekend (thanks Grandma!) and it got me thinking: Why am I such ...

One of my favorite places in the whole wide world. I recently spent a weekend with a group of alumni from my (increasingly distant) univ...

What's that they say about giving a new food to a baby?  You have to try 12 times before they really taste it?  Or 14 times before they...

With summer coming on like gangbusters and everyone I know scrambling to find camps and activities for their children, I thought I would sha...

We've been sick, and by "we" I mean my children.  I have been fine so far, but we all know what that means.  I am not really f...

Accordingly, I have said all of these things in the last three days: "Yucky!  We don't eat trash cans." "Please stop ...

Remember how on Monday I told you I was heading right out for a paint sample?  I also had plans to write some clever posts and actually func...

Dear Diary, I'm writing today because I can't bear to speak publicly about winning the award for Worst Mommy Ever.  It has been f...

Today I found myself singing the following lyrics in the car: "All around in my hometown They tryin' to track me down They sa...

Well, I just dropped Biggest Boy off for his first day of preschool.  I wasn't really planning on blogging about it, because I already k...

I have been chatting with y'all on this blog for only about a month now, but already the feedback I am getting is so affirming, inte...