We Homeschool!
Luke was this age when I first began kicking around the idea of homeschooling. Now, the seed of “maybe” from way back when I first began to entertain it as an option has become the action of doing it....
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Click here for a musical slideshow flashback of Sam’s first year! The catchy little tune in the background is Laurie Berkner’s “Five Days Old” (available on iTunes). Sam, there is so much I wish I...
View ArticleBeyond Words
Sam has said “Dada” for months. The D sound was his favorite as soon he could make noise with intention. Not long after he started saying “Dada,” he began to say it while looking at and, eventually,...
View ArticleTake Two
It was the kind of day Luke refers to as a “stay home day,” but not the crafting, relaxing, or productive kind we usually carve out time for every week. Staying home was not my intention for the day at...
View ArticleSmoothie Race
I make Luke green spinach and kale packed smoothies sometimes in the morning with his breakfast. The way he feels with that much leafy greenness in his system for the rest of the day probably pales in...
View ArticleLudicrous
Even the least paranoid among us can relate to the worry most of us experience in our first year as mothers. During those early months, meeting a quota of unnecessary calls to the pediatrician can...
View ArticleOnly Five
On this birthday, I find myself a little bit more thoughtful than usual about the year ahead. The more I consider the age Luke has become, the more I realize how much in common it has with the...
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