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Running with kids

Our town puts on one of the largest kid’s races in the country called the Awesome 3000.  Last year my husband suggested our oldest (who was five at the time) run in it.   It is for kids as young as...

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Spring Break Theme Days

Since we were not going anywhere cool like Florida were going to have a fabulous “stay-cation” for Spring Break, I decided we would have fun filled theme days.  This was part of my Happiness Project...

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Mud Pit

Cheap Entertainment. All you need is a some dirt in your backyard and a hose and a nice warm day.

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So Long Pool

The inflatable pool that I spent a good half of day blowing up is dead. Yesterday the two older kids decided to put part of a metal fence post in the pool and it put a hole in the side. They had lost...

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December 6: Snow Day

We did not understand it when we moved to Oregon.  Why this would constitute a snow day. I remember the inches upon inches of snow in Michigan and the frigid cold air.  My husband grew up in Canada...

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Sun to rain

This is how we spent yesterday afternoon.  It was wonderful.  I cannot begin to tell you how good natural light and springy air feels to cooped up moms and stir crazy kids. Unfortunately this is the...

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To the mom with her iphone at the park and the one who leaves it in her pocket…

There has been debate in “Mom blog world” over using your iphone while your kids are outside playing at the park.  Are you disengaged from them?  Are you not giving them the attention they need and...

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First week of summer

First week of Summer 2014 is in the books.  I think it could be called the “Woa–we have all this extra time on our hands, what do we with ourselves?!” week. We enjoyed an early Father’s Day dinner at...

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December 10: Promises

We had very strange weather today.  Dark gray clouds with pouring rain most of the day.  Around 4:30 as the sun was beginning to set the kids played outside in the gigantic puddle in our driveway.  It...

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Family Update: This is your time

It has been forever and a day since I have written a blog post…and even longer since I shared any type of update of our lives.  With all the reading I have been doing on time management and scheduling,...

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