Posted in Sleep, Works For Me Wednesday on Jun 24th, 2008
When my oldest daughter was born my son wanted to get her this musical turtle he saw at Target for her crib. Every time we went to Target he would push the buttons to make it play music and he would ask if he could get it for his sister. We didn’t think [...]
Posted in Goals, Works For Me Wednesday on Jun 17th, 2008
I mentioned here, that I started running this summer. I am following a training schedule to help me reach my goal but it keeps changing the distance that I must run each day. Instead of guestimating (surely it’s been a mile by now) or driving the route with the car (like I really [...]
Posted in Discipline, Homemaker, Works For Me Wednesday on Jun 10th, 2008
"Ew, gross!" "I don’t like it!" How many of you have had this response after working hard to prepare a new dish for you family? It can be quite frustrating especially if you know they’ll like it b/c they like every single one of the ingredients in it or worse yet, [...]
Posted in Motherhood, Works For Me Wednesday on Jun 3rd, 2008
Traveling for 5 hours in a minivan with 3 young children and one dog sounds like a kicking good time, doesn’t it? Since my parents live a little over 5 hrs from us, we’ve gotten quite adjusted to the trip. And surprisingly, it isn’t that bad. We’ve had our bad trips (like the [...]
Posted in Wife, Works For Me Wednesday on May 27th, 2008
With three children under 4, it isn’t always easy to get out for a date night. Sometimes we do date nights at home. We feed the kids a simple dinner… chicken nuggets or hot dogs. While I am getting the kids ready for bed, my husband grills us steak for dinner. [...]
Posted in Darndest Things, Works For Me Wednesday on May 20th, 2008
The other day I discovered a way to occupy my kids for a good 15-20 min, which many of you know is an eternity in Mommy time.
Wanna know the secret?
I let them play with my clock radio. I plugged it in and placed it on the floor in the living room. They had [...]
Posted in Works For Me Wednesday on May 6th, 2008
Last fall my husband and I took our three kids on a plane ride to CA to visit my husband’s grandparents and to take in some National Parks. The trip itself is worthy of a post, someday, but for now I’ll just share about our flight out there….
It seems obvious that when flying with three [...]
Posted in Homemaker, Works For Me Wednesday on Apr 23rd, 2008
I have been singing the praises of oxiclean for some time now. It has gotten poop, tomato sauce, mud, and spit up out of my clothes for years. This Easter I REALLY put it to the test. We were dying eggs with the kids. My two year old had just plopped her egg into the [...]
Posted in Homemaker, Works For Me Wednesday on Apr 16th, 2008
If you read my blog post from Sunday you know that getting my laundry washed, dryed, folded, and put away is a big challenge for me. Today I found a way to help speed along that process. Even though my kids have an entire toy room which they can play [...]
My roles as wife, homemaker and mother of 3 feel much like a circus with 3 rings constantly vying for my attention. Life is often chaotic but I'm loving every minute and wouldn't want it any other way. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show. I won't let you miss a thing.
"Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the driveway before it has stopped snowing." - Erma Bombeck
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