Good parenting is all about balance. I have been told that I “work” my children too hard (I do admit that my girls have been doing laundry since kindergarten). All 6 of our kids do chores around the house and outside with the yard and animals. I think it’s important for all children to contribute to work around their home…
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The other day, my 6-year-old daughter said to me as I served her dinner, “Mommy,…you’re a really good servant.” “Excuse me?” I scoffed. Although she said it endearingly, I took it as a low-blow. Here I was trying to be all Martha-Stewartesque, and she was calling me “the help.” Most of the time, I’m busy enough with our half a dozen kids…
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So, today was a busy day. So busy that I almost told the crew they could just have cereal for dinner. We had about an hour between picking Olivia up from Driver’s Ed and taking Mason to football practice, and I hadn’t started prepping anything. However… I decided to try to throw together a quick pasta dish. As I was…
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Yesterday was our “first day” of school this year… (for those of us who homeschool. The “big” kids and the preschool kid already had theirs…) We plan our outfits, get our backpacks all loaded up and ready to go, and make sure we have nice new shoes to wear… There is an excitement that wraps itself around freshly sharpened pencils…
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This morning at Wyatt’s flag football game, Isaac ran to me and leapt into my lap in one quick, brisk sweep. He landed in this compact little ball that fit between my criss-crossed legs just perfectly. The breeze blew little tufts of his hair into my face and it tickled… I took the moment in, feeling the sun, smelling his grassy-boy-sweaty…
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