Parent – Page 2 – Every Grace and Blessing

Winter Wonderland

Living in West Central Florida, there are certain things my children have never experienced. The most obvious and disappointing to them is the absence of snow. We had planned a winter trip up to visit the cousins two years ago in December–that year that the big blizzard came in and closed everything. We joke thatContinueContinue reading “Winter Wonderland”

9-11

Today I was standing in the kitchen re-heating yesterday’s taco meat for Boo and Critter’s after-school-snack-turned-dinner. They were chatting away in the background, and I was just so happy. Life with a six- and eight-year-old has its own set of challenges, but nothing like those baby years when all I wished they would do isContinueContinue reading “9-11”

Please Don’t Eat The Daisies

The girls had a sleepover Monday night with a friend, and it was generally tame. They ate pizza, they giggled, they played video games, they wrote in a best friends’ journal, and they went to sleep. The night passed without incident and then morning arrived, birds chirped, coffee brewed, and the girls decided it wouldContinueContinue reading “Please Don’t Eat The Daisies”

Toy Jail

Yesterday I took my daughter’s cardboard Build-A-Bear box and made a jail for their toys. It’s sad, really, that it has come to this. In all fairness, the toys have not done anything to deserve being put in jail. If anything, it should be called a “toy spa,” because those toys have been so abused,ContinueContinue reading “Toy Jail”

Don’t Blog Bored!

We have reached day 41 of summer vacation down here in Florida. (I’m not personally counting, but one of my dear friends is. She’s doing a photo journal of the summer, and posts one picture a day on Facebook. That’s kind of how I know). Not every state gets out of school at the sameContinueContinue reading “Don’t Blog Bored!”

Getting Ready for New Year’s!

Now you probably think I’m one of THOSE people–the ones who have their Christmas shopping done and are already moving on to December 31st. Well, I’m not. I’m lucky if the Christmas presents are wrapped by December 24th. I’m not talking about that day at the end of December when people either get drunk orContinueContinue reading “Getting Ready for New Year’s!”

Pay. Attention.

No, not to me. As a matter of fact, it’s probably better that you pay me no attention at all. Though I like it when you do. I especially like it when you comment. Because that’s FUN and ENCOURAGING. No, when I say pay attention, I’m talking to myself. And I’m reminding myself to payContinueContinue reading “Pay. Attention.”

The Ubiquitous Backpack

Two years ago my then-four-year old, who for the sake of this blog I will call Critter, began toting around what I liked to call “a backpack of random stuff.” Okay. Those who know me will assert I did not actually use the word “stuff,” but this is a family blog and I don’t wantContinueContinue reading “The Ubiquitous Backpack”

Brave – or – “It Takes a Lot of Courage to Live WITH Your Mom”

*There will be spoilers for the movie, so if you haven’t seen it yet and don’t want to know all that happens, stop reading.* Most fans of Disney princess films have probably realized by now that they are notorious for absent mothers. A lot of this is because the fairy tales on which they areContinueContinue reading “Brave – or – “It Takes a Lot of Courage to Live WITH Your Mom””

Giggle Inducing Insights

Here’s the exchange that prompted the creation of this blog. It happened today, on Facebook, which is where I spend most of my time writing-but-not-really-writing. I keep telling myself I will “mine” my posts “later” to “get back to writing,” and then I never do because I’m terrified of how lame it will seem toContinueContinue reading “Giggle Inducing Insights”