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This post contains affiliate links, which means that I earn a small commission if you purchase something from a site that you access through my links.  Last year I read two great books: The Happiness Project by blogger Gretchin Rubin and A Year of Biblical Womanhood by blogger Rachel Evans Held. Could it be that those are the only two books I […]

Hurray! Snow has arrived! I love that my kids were so excited to get out and play yesterday! After a bad start to the afternoon (my apologies to the mall custodian who gets to fish our chocolate bar out of the coin fountain), I needed them to burn off some energy and get some fresh […]

Yesterday we blew off school and crashed the homeschool event at a local circus school. I’ve never been there before but I’ve always wanted to check it out. Seriously, it was so cool – for three hours, the kids got to bounce on trampolines, practice juggling, walk the tight rope, hang from hoops, swing on a […]

Last spring, I suffered from an epic cold that dragged on for four miserable weeks – not one of those wussy colds with a slightly stuffed nose and a delicate little cough, but a full on, hit-by-a-mack-truck kind of cold that knocked me off my feet. And I have to say, I’m not pleasant to […]

Welcome to the July 2012 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Family Creations This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared crafts, recipes, and philosophies of creativity. Please read to the end to find a list of links […]

Last Sunday, I bought a bike. A beautiful bike. So lovely that I’ve gone down into the basement to hug it a couple times when no one was looking. Earlier this summer, my friends started going for bike rides down at the park in the evenings and I was really jealous. Before I had kids, I used to roller […]