Top ten things I learned at Disney World

We just returned from a week at Disney World, and I took a 2-hour nap today. I feel like I need a vacation from my vacation! This was our second trip to Disney World with the kids (first trip with Phillip), and I feel like I’ve learned a few things that I need [...]

I hope it’s just a healthy interest in material texture

Tuesday, we went to a sporting goods store to pick up a swimsuit for Caleb. He had a swim meet Tuesday night, and he had to have a Speedo. I’m not saying we’re thrilled that he has to wear a Speedo for swim meets, but at least they come in a long shorts [...]

Everything was fine until we tried to go out to eat

My sister-in-law Kim is 8 months pregnant with her fourth child. She’s having kind of a hard summer (go figure), so I offered to take all of the kids to the zoo today. That’s my three kids and her three kids, for those of you who are having trouble counting. As Lannie [...]

Decisions

After nearly two months of trying to decide what to do about school next year, we’ve finally decided to continue homeschooling Caleb. Elizabeth will go back to public school. I’m not sure what I expected from this homeschooling experiment of the last semester, but I certainly thought it would be temporary. I [...]

Loving life

One of the things Phillip has taught me in the past few months is to really enjoy the little things about life. As I was putting him to bed tonight, he said, “I had the best day!” We didn’t really do anything special today, but he just enjoyed his day with his family.
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Red tape

I’ve been told that some people are intimated by me as a mom because I have three kids and I homeschool. Other people have been out in public with me and my kids and feel sorry for me (or the kids, I’m not sure). Neither of those people were with me and my [...]