The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
I was never an organized sports kind of kid growing up. I attempted to play t-ball for one season and was *that* kid who played short stop and did everything but stop a ball because I was in my own little world. While running the bases View Post
My parents have a whole family (plus more) of stray cats who suddenly started taking up residence in their neighborhood a couple of years ago. There are about five of them that show up at their house morning, noon, and night for a meal. I View Post
We had so much goodness jam packed into this past weekend that I’m still trying to physically recover from it all. My baby (baby!) turned 8. He was three when I started this blog. I miss that sweet little three year old, but I love View Post
E.B. got to go to a birthday party this weekend for a friend and the party was a farm theme. He was so excited because the kids were able to take a spin on a real tractor and check out other farm equipment. Later that evening, my mom called to see View Post
Monday night I was folding laundry while E.B. was doing his homework. I came back into the kitchen and found this. I’m sure it had nothing to do with getting back on schedule after Christmas break. View Post
Meet “Sprite”. Yes, he’s kind of scary looking in a clownish kind of way. Yes, he is homemade. And YES, this is our family’s “Elf on the Shelf”. Don’t laugh. I said, don’t laugh! OK. Laugh. Because we do. I discovered Sprite View Post
I knew it would happen at some point in parenthood…the day when my child would come up to me and ask, “Why is the sky blue?”. Isn’t that the universal question of kids? We even went through the phase of him asking simply “why?” after every View Post
Every Friday night, my parents, my son, and I have a ritual of going out to eat. We’ve been doing this for a few years now and it’s great to not to have to worry about what’s for supper and having to actually prepare a meal. E.B. is very View Post
