Last weekend, the kids and I had the great pleasure of spending a few hours with other Single Mom by Choice families. My kids didn’t understand the significance – they just enjoyed hanging out with a new friends.
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SMC Family Picnic 2013
June 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Show Me Your Peanut Butter {Wordless Wednesday}
June 12, 2013 by 2 Comments
Peanut Butter is currently our favorite snack…
Downtown Days {Summer Bucket List 2013}
June 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Going to Downtown Days was a late addition to the Summer Bucket list, and who would have thought it would be the first on marked off. I really can’t remember how long it’s been since I’ve been to one of these little festivals, and it may be a few years before we go back. Trying to push a stroller through a crowd that big is next to impossible.
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On Becoming A Single Mom by Choice
June 10, 2013 by 5 Comments
There is a question I hear a lot, and I haven’t done a very good job addressing it on the blog:
We Dig Dirt
June 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
The kids have had a great time helping Grandma and Grumple get the back-yard cleaned up for the summer. Ben has been especially helpful. Not sure Grandma could have handled that hose without his help.
Wish Flower Designs Sun Dress Review and Giveaway!
June 3, 2013 by 74 Comments
I have a soft-spot in my heart for hand-made clothes. Growing up, my mom always made our outfits for holidays and special occasions. I loved those trips to the fabric store to pick out a pattern and find the perfect fabric. I don’t have nearly enough time to sew all the adorable dresses I’d like too, so when Catherine from Wish Flower Designs asked me if I would host a giveaway for one of her custom dresses – I jumped at the chance.
Mommy Daughter Day
May 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I couple weekends ago, Cassie and I met up my our friends Stephanie and Elizabeth (from the McCleary Quards) for a Mommy/Daughter day out. We figured it was time for these girls with too many brothers to have a nice, girly good time.
Big Truck Night
May 24, 2013 by 4 Comments
Dump Trucks, Tanker Trucks, Tractors, Semis, Ambulances, Firetrucks – what little kid doesn’t get excited when you see one of these monsters for the road? I know, for my trio, there isn’t much better. Once a year, MoDOT along with local police and fire departments host a Big Truck night. Not only did the kids get to see all these beasts, they got to climb inside. The trio was in heaven!
Summer Bucket List 2013
May 21, 2013 by 4 Comments
As soon as the school bell rang on that last day of school each year I started dreaming about all the great things we’d get to do over the summer. Swimming in the back yard pool, shooting bottle rockets off the bridge, going to the fair, camping in the back yard, roller skating in the driveway – the list was long and no summer was complete until we had done them all.
Where’s the Express Lane?
May 21, 2013 by 4 Comments
One of the benefits to having a nanny over daycare, is not having to drop everything and head home when someone gets sick. Yes, I would love to be able to cuddle and comfort my kids through it all, but it’s just not my reality. They are cared for at home by a nanny they love and Grandma around to help cuddle when needed. It’s a pretty sweet deal all around.
Today, however, when I got a text from Nanny Christa that Andy had been vomiting, something told me I should head home. Not sure why, I just felt like I needed to be there. I wrapped up a few things and headed for home.
About half way there, I get a phone call from Grandma Laura, “Can you stop and get butterfly bandages?”
“Um, why?”
“Well, Ben hit his head on the table and cut his eyebrow. I don’t think it needs stitches – maybe just a butterfly bandage.”
You’ve got to be kidding me, it’s only been 4 months since his set of stitches.
