Perhaps it is the west coast winter damp, or maybe it is just because the kids are spending so much time inside this time of year? Whatever it is I feel like I am surrounded by little beings filled with […]
I have had a Christmas Stocking since I was a little thing. Every Christmas morning I would wake to it filled with toys and books and candies. As the years went on, and I got bigger, …
I am a believer. A believer in the grey areas, in doing everything you can. In searching for possibilities, and trying your hardest. I believe in magic, and spirits and that sometimes wishing very hard …
Every year I stumble over helping Santa find useful and fun "little" items to stuff our kids stockings! As the welcome to Christmas morning, a stocking is one of those things that can delight and …
If your kids are anything like mine their holiday lists are already made and hanging on the fridge. My 9 year old daughter was especially committed to her list this year and had her first …
All summer long I find myself wishing we had various items for the kids. There were those summer days we dreamed for a king size hammock to swing under the trees, and those summer nights …
Kids get bored. As a parent, and former kid myself, I know this. But, it is something that I frequently forget. To be able to capture a child's attention, for a prolonged period of time …
I haven't been a very good parent really. I never had that pile of parenting books beside my bedside table, and I could never remember to say all those little changes we were supposed to …
I know, I know, it's Halloween and it should be FUN. It is the day to eat scare-eos (remember those) and gorge on candy and sweets. It is about late nights, bonfires and perhaps some …
They say that the little things add up, and that as they do, they make a greater impact. Those 15 minutes of exercise a day, the 20 minutes you read with your child each night, …
You know when you sign up to do something in the future that seems like a really good idea? And then, as the thing gets closer, you start to worry that maybe, perhaps, it wasn't such …
For years I volunteered at our local SPCA. I went there every weekend, cleaned kennels, fed the animals and shared the love. It was always awe inspiring to see the donations come in. Bags of …
I find snacks and lunches a challenge to prepare. I am more of a "meal" girl myself, and the whole concept of making a cute teddy bear shaped lunch confuses me. I wouldn't want to eat …
Lets be real here for a minute, our family doesn't ooze clean and tidy. With 50 chickens, and a full sized vegetable garden we have more DIRT than anything else on our farm. And the kids …
This summer our property has been a local wasp meeting place. There are hundreds, perhaps even thousands of the little buggers. With the dry heat, and limited rain it has been perfect "wasp" conditions, and …
