As I continue to finish those unfinished projects laying about my home, I've been touching up paint around the house. I am amazed at how much a little touch up paint improves the way my home looks and feels.
Touching Up Paint
My Bath Buddy
For a while, I've been able to enjoy a relaxing bath to myself, at least for a little while. Those days are gone for now. A couple of weeks ago, my 11 month old stood at the edge of the tub as I climbed in. However, instead of playing with toys for just a few... Continue Reading →
The Wisdom of Your Child’s Face
I found Jean Haner's book, The Wisdom of Your Child's Face: Discover Your Child's True Nature with Chinese Face Reading, to be extremely well written. Her stance on understanding your child and their perspective is one which readily fits with consensually living philosophies. However, I just couldn't take the book seriously. Chinese face reading seems... Continue Reading →
Compassion is not a Convenience
While viewing a lake at a local park, my children and I spotted something not too far off the shore, gasping. Just under the surface, I saw the signs of landscaping net, and I knew what had happened. Some of the landscape netting had made its way into the lake, where a poor, unsuspecting fish... Continue Reading →
Families Create! March Wrap Up
Visit Code Name: Mama and Living Peacefully with Children to find out how you can participate in the next Families, Create! Carnival. Our April theme is "Fantasy" - childhood is a fascinating time, filled with magic around every corner. What can your family imagine and create? Please take time to read the March submissions... Continue Reading →
Angel Burn
Willow has always been different and she is perfectly fine with that. With her psychic abilities, atypical fashion choices, and affinity with cars, life isn't too bad, minus that fact that her mother lost a grip on reality a long time ago. After giving a psychic reading to a classmate, she realizes that something more... Continue Reading →
Planning a Vacation
We are going on vacation this year. We haven't been on a real vacation (you know, one that didn't have a funeral involved) in four years, and that one was wrought with morning sickness, a horrible cold for everyone, and my husband on his cell phone with work. I can clearly remember walking through some... Continue Reading →
Mothering Peter Pan
I watched at the park as my eight year old, clad in sandals, a green polo, and khaki, charcoal, and white plaid shorts, took a soaring leap onto an oversized log. I was struck with his resemblance to Peter Pan as he flew through the air in his green. Childhood is as limitless as we... Continue Reading →
Families Create! Call for April Submissions
Please join us for a new monthly blog carnival focusing on families and creativity. Read below for details, both for the April carnival and for upcoming themes - we have a whole year planned! Your co-hosts are Dionna at Code Name: Mama and Mandy at Living Peacefully with Children. So what is the "Families, Create!" Monthly... Continue Reading →
A Long, Long Sleep
Fairy tales have always held a special place in the lives of people, and recent young adult literature is no exception. Anna Sheehan's A Long, Long Sleep, to be released this coming August, is yet another in a popular genre. Woken with a kiss, or rather a misguided attempt at mouth to mouth resuscitation, after... Continue Reading →
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