Large family life means multiplying love, laundry, dishes, and groceries. It means planning ahead, learning how to organize a large family, and how to keep clutter to a minimum so you don’t end up on an episode of Hoarders. Here you will learn about:
Apollo woke up yesterday morning and immediately pulled open the curtains (and by “curtains” I mean “old towel nailed up over the window”) and exclaimed, “Yay, it’s sunny! Now me and Owen can play outside with sticks!” Which I thought was totally adorable and so very eight-year-old boy. Forget screens and expensive toys, all a…
Large Family Minimalism: Is It a Realistic Goal? This post contains affiliate links. What exactly is minimalism? Here’s the thing, minimalism is a fairly new word in our western vocabulary. You could scour the internet and library and find dozens of different definitions. I’m not really interested in other people’s ideas. I consider myself a…
Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PurinaONEVisibleDifferences #CollectiveBias Frodo the wonder dog. Companion to my children. Frenemy to our cats. Chewer of toys. Eater of Butter. He’s adorable and smelly, full of energy and joy. He also struggles with itchy skin. Let me tell you,…
Post contains affiliate links Snow Day Activities to Keep You Keep Your Sanity Welp…after our first normal school day in two weeks, our school is now delayed two hours and the busses on snow routes. In our case, snow route means we have to drive our kids half a mile to the bus stop. Yes, I…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc., Abreva, Emergen-C, Lipton, Robitussin and Theraflu. All opinions are mine alone. #SickDayTips #CollectiveBias Create a Bundle Up and Get Well Basket This Winter When all of our kids were little (I’m talking ten kids under ten) sickness wiping through our tribe was miserable. I can remember…
The Truth About Snow Days: Lets Cut Public School Moms Some Slack My kids have had five snow days here in our corner of the Pacific Northwest and the school just sent out the announcement that school is already canceled for tomorrow. My Facebook and Instagram feeds are filled with humorous memes and parents lamenting…
Tonsillectomy as a Teen: Hezekiah’s First Surgery Hezekiah has always been a chill guy. He was a dream baby, a laid back brilliant toddler, a happy go-with-the-flow kid. Basically, the polar opposite of his younger brother, Tucker. If every kid was like Hezekiah, ou we would really have an overpopulation problem. One thing I have…
iPhone Photo a Day Project: Week One Delicious mandarins, friends, athletic club and swimming, artwork, homework, steak for breakfast and organizing board games. A little snippet from each day in January. I have attempted (and FAILED) 365 projects for the last several years. This time, it is an iPhone only projects, so I have high hopes…
It’s funny how sometimes I go months (or even years?) without knitting. Life gets busy, my hands get sore (with photography and blogging my hands are overworked), money is tight. But man, when I pick it up again, I realize how very much I have missed it. I had a friend ask me to knit…
It’s not even lunchtime yet and so far I have: Taken Apollo to the doctor and gotten him a blood draw. Paid a (rather large) deposit for Hezekiah’s upcoming tonsillectomy. Stopped by the pharmacy. Dropped Apollo off at school. I still need to start the laundry, clean up the kitchen and, you know, plan dinner….