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Kate turned 11 in June…and I never shared the photos!!! Life got busy and I never came back around to it. But better late than never I suppose…especially since this party was so girly and cute! We love to wake the kids up with breakfast in bed on their birthdays. The other kids help to…
I hear it all the time. Most often it’s when I’m waiting in line at the grocery store. I listen to the responses of the mamas in front of me. The overly chipper Trader Joe’s cashier will kindly ask, “How are you doing ma’am?” The mama replies, “Fine, I’m tired. These kids are driving me…
I have never before received a subscription box, but I must say it was SUCH a fun surprise! Who doesn’t love opening gifts in the mail?!?! This is the Pop Sugar Must Have Box has been voted the #1 subscription box and I can see why as it was filled with all sorts of little…
I used to be the biggest skeptic about oils, well, and homeschooling, but it would seem that this has been the year/season of re-writing what I used to say I’d say never do. Admittedly I just wrote off what people would say about oils and refused to listen because I had my opinions and they…
Last year was our first year of homeschooling. I really didn’t talk too much about it as the year went on, mainly because I was trying to keep my head above water and it wasn’t going well at all…but I managed to write one post about half way through to give an update after we…
I was talking with a friend the other day who was sharing with me some very painful parts of her early childhood. An only child to an abusive father, a mentally-ill, perfection-driven mother…the loneliness, the shame, the pressure…the results and consequences of living through those circumstances…some of which still linger to this day… She was…