I love planning birthday parties. I know that may make me over the top, but I start looking for ideas on Pinterest six months in advance. It is a creative outlet for me, and a way that I can show my love for my kids. That said, while looking at said blogs on Pinterest to plan my kids' birthdays, I never thought I would write one of those said blog posts. However, having gleaned lots of ideas from others, I felt it worthwhile to share Auggie's third birthday party with my readers. Being ... Read More about A Roaring Fun Three-Rex Birthday Party
How Apologizing Changed the Culture of our Home
I remember it like it was yesterday. We were thick in the season of "terrible twos" while simultaneously adjusting to life with a newborn and living through the life crisis of having to move home from the mission field. Life had been hard. Life had been scary. Life had been tense. Until one day the tension became too much and I snapped at my little man. I don't remember why I snapped or all of the events that transpired, but I will never forget the crushed little eyes looking back at me. I ... Read More about How Apologizing Changed the Culture of our Home
Magnetizing Fun with a Magnetic Sensory Bin
I tried to fill the boys' stockings this Christmas with things they would actually use instead of cheap trinkets that I would be trying to sneak and throw away a few weeks later. (Please tell me that I'm not the only one that does this.) In Auggie's stocking, I added some magnetic wands. We had quite a bit of fun just playing with the wands around the house and testing household items to see if they were magnetic. This gave me the opportunity to go full science-teacher-nerd-mom and made my heart ... Read More about Magnetizing Fun with a Magnetic Sensory Bin
Celebrating Our Own Version of Motherhood
This past weekend my three-year-old had an awesome birthday party. I was super nervous because he has one of the worst birthdates for planning fun parties. I feel like he is too young to spend a fortune on a venue such as a trampoline park, and anything related to the outdoors is totally out of the question. So we planned a dinosaur party with as much sensory play as we could come up with (that's another post for another day). And then, I almost felt guilty. As though I had done something wrong ... Read More about Celebrating Our Own Version of Motherhood
Cutting Gluten Made All of the Difference
My husband and I were not high school sweethearts. In fact, we did not date until my senior year of college, but we were best friends in high school. Nonetheless, we did go to my Junior prom together, and that was the night that I first realized Brad had stomach issues. I would come to realize this because he would run off to the bathroom and leave me standing alone no less than five times that night. Once we started dating and got married, it became the norm for me to sit at the table alone for ... Read More about Cutting Gluten Made All of the Difference
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