Necco has been wearing glasses for about 3 years, and honestly never really complained about it until big sister, KitKat, got contacts over the summer. KitKat adores her contacts, and as you might expect from a younger sister, Necco was envious of them. The tables turned a little in November when Necco had a mid-year…
Archives for December 2010
Kaplan Tutoring – One Month Free
Raise your hand if you feel inadequately prepared to help your children succeed in school? Have you ever faced a child’s homework assignment that looked like it was written in a foreign language? As a college-educated woman with a degree in education, I was confident that I would be able to help my kids with…
Newborn photography
The plan was to blog about the gingerbread house that my kids put together the other day. It was the shortest-lasting gingerbread house in history. Not only did the kids decorate it with frosting and candies, but they sprinkled it with Oreo crumbs (dirty snow?) and ate it immediately. They saved me the hassle of…
Boy Crazy
I’m recording my youth, one year per week. This week I’m talking about life in the 7th grade (age 12). As a mother of daughters in the 6th and 9th grades, it is a little disconcerting to think back on my middle school and high school years. Granted, like my own daughters, I was a…
Return to the Family
Today two of my friends, Caroline of the Bingham Diaries and Elisa of Crazyland (both ladies run Mormon Mommy Blogs and the Casual Blogger community and conference together) are appearing on television to introduce a new project that they are working on called Return to the Family. In today’s world, the family unit is often…
Santa Pictures
Ask any child about Santa and their eyes widen and sparkle and a smile erupts on their face. He brings presents! He has reindeer! He flies in a sleigh! But ask that same child to sit on Santa’s lap (at least if they live in my house) and suddenly Santa is a scary, intimidating character….
My True Nature Bath Giveaway
I’d love to introduce you today to Kelly Boyd, owner of the San Francisco-based company My True Nature. Kelly recently sent me a sample of Milo’s Natural 2-in-1 Holiday Shampoo & Body Wash and Bobo’s Natural Holiday Baby Bubble Bath, which have come in very handy with 5 mess-prone kids. Ok, honestly 3 of my…
Holiday Gift Guide for the Big Family
Holiday gift guides are everywhere this time of year. Sadly, though, with as many kids as I’ve got, none of them seem to cover the entire range of ages that I have to buy for each year. As much as I would love to make our trip to Florida the family Christmas gift, I know…
Link Up Your Giveaways Here
It has been a busy weekend, with a big Christmas party at church and a huge clean-up day at home to get ready to pull out all of the Christmas decorations and toys. I am beat, and honestly I am ready to sleep all day tomorrow. If you haven’t heard the news, my Stella &…
Toys for Tots
Turn the radio on during the month of December, and you will most likely hear something about this being “the most wonderful time of the year.” Christmas lights, happy songs, the promise of presents under the Christmas tree…..Every child I know, regardless of age, has a wish list for Santa at this time of year….