I’ve never seen this done before or written about, but thought I would ask. Does anyone put their toddler to bed at night with books and let him/her fall asleep reading? Caroline has a very good nap routine now. She is consistently in her bed …
If you watched the first installment last night, Persuasion, what did you think? Here is my brief summary. What happened to Gillian Anderson in the intro? She looked stiff and ghoulish. What was wrong with her mouth? I didn’t like the frantic …
I was ironing this morning and David was reading a book to Caroline. As part of reading the book, David said, “We’ll have to fly kites someday.” That got me to thinking about what other kinds of things Caroline should experience …
Yes, we are still in full holiday mode around our home. We are also busy, busy, busy with work and clients. If you’ve been reading here for a while you know that this is a VERY WELCOME change. We’re just so glad to be busy with the …
This afternoon I had an epiphany about my experience as a mom of an only child. I was rocking Caroline in her room, giving her a bottle before her nap. I was thinking about how big she was in my lap (97th percentile for length) and that while she …
Since I haven’t received any reader questions lately I thought I would go ahead and throw out my own. One of my recent posts provoked a few comments about the difficulty of raising children, but that it does get better. So that got me thinking. …
Last week we decided we finally had to change our internet and email hosting. We had had spam and connectivity issues for many months, but just never had the time (or made the time) to get it done. Finally it got to the point where even if David …
It isn’t the diapers. It isn’t the spit up. (Caroline rarely did this anyway.) It isn’t anything food or feeding related. What truly wigs me out is when Caroline DRINKS THE BATHWATER. She’s just started doing this recently …
Warning: Some will consider this one of those navel-gazing posts that bloggers are supposed to avoid. Oh well. It’s what’s on my mind. And some might think this sounds whiny or something. There’s no whine behind any of this. Just …
Growing up Baptist and being a visual learner, it is hard for me to fathom not taking my own Bible with me to church. Yet I know that in some denominations it is unusual to do so. The church we are currently attending is one of those. Very few people …
