Love is, the Father's Day version is powerful and a message he will enjoy for years to come. Use this post as a template for your own personalized message. Love is... the Father's Day Version: When you think back to when you first met your husband, what strikes you the most? How far you have both View Post
23 Reasons why Attachment Parenting is “Lazy Parenting”!
I think we all at some point along our parenting journey, have wished for ways to take the easy way out. Perhaps we just wanted to save some time, money, hassle or even spare ourselves from having to listen to one more meltdown. Regardless of the objective, it seems that one particular style of View Post
Three Things to do When You STRUGGLE TO JUGGLE
Whether you are a stay at home mom or working mom, odds are that you have things to balance to just make it through a day. Some days balancing is easy, it almost becomes a sport - you can multitask and get just about anything done - even with a smile. Then other days... well, those are the days when View Post
“Work/ Life Balance” – an Oxymoron
Work/ life balance. What an oxymoron, a big fat lie! How about “active guilt management” instead? When I hear the word “balance” I picture my kids sitting on the see-saw on our playground. When the two big kids sit on the see-saw there is BALANCE - they take turns bouncing up and down, but if View Post
Happy 8th Anniversary
Dearest Honey, Happy 8th anniversary! I have agonized for a while over what to give the love of my life in honor of our 8th wedding anniversary - and the choice was obvious - your very own blog post! A post to the man who so far has remained out of the blogging lime light, but without his support View Post
Happiness is NOT Narcolepsy
The kids are asleep - fast asleep. I am not... but I will be soon. Today was a good day, today I focused on the kids and left the garage stuffed with unpacked boxes. Today I relaxed a little - after a few weeks of stressing over this, that and the other thing. Stress is not good for the body. Stress View Post
Happiness is Juggling Boys
I was recently reminded that some milestones are downright painful to reach, even for your third and fourth children. Jonah has for the past eight weeks, since birth been within arms reach of me. I have responded to his cries, read his cues of hunger and been the only person to feed him. But... I View Post
Happiness is an Honest Friend – and a Zipper
We put so much stress on ourselves to lose the weight after we deliver our babies. I have been down this road a few times already, four to be exact. I know from experience that I get big - really big - but I also lose the weight (or most of it) rather easily. Normally my measure of success is “when View Post
Repotting Our Family
Spring is around the corner and therefore it is time to nurture the plants growing around the house. The best way to take care of the little green sprouts in your life is to give them a larger pot with fresh soil and fertilizer. Gently remove the plant from its current pot, shake off the old dirt, View Post
Happiness is an Untouched To-Do- List
Today started off like most days lately, with a long list of things on my “to do” list. We are closing on a new house next week and then moving shortly thereafter. So far, I have three boxes packed and ready to go - three small boxes... The mere thought makes me laugh. View Post
Happiness is a Big Meltdown
This was NOT the original blog post that I meant to write today, but when life hands you blog post material you need to run with it! Mornings can make or break your day. Sometimes the morning can set the tone for the entire rest of the day, color it either a bright cheerful rainbow, or leave you View Post
Letter to Mama – From Mama
Dear Mama, Stop what you are doing right now! Stop all of the thousands of thoughts that are running through your head this minute. Silence your inner-voice, the one that is constantly reminding you of all the things you haven’t done or that need to be done. You deserve a moment’s of silence, View Post
Happiness is Being the Youngest in the Middle
Dear Jansen, Congratulations on your promotion to “youngest in the middle”. You have worn this badge of honor with great pride now for two weeks. You have truly managed to assert yourself, and proven to us that you are a boy with a very strong will and character. Jansen, you will always be my View Post
Jonah – one week
Hello to a new chapter of our lives! We are now officially a family of four boys, party of six, “almost a basket ball team”, a big family - aka OUR FAMILY! Happy one week to baby, Jonah! You fit seamlessly and perfectly into our family. Without incident, you have brightened our lives, filled our View Post