So, this week, I decided to participate in the Thursday night #fmfparty on Twitter. Crazy! I learned two things: I don’t think or read fast enough to follow it, and five minutes goes really fast when you’re falling asleep. (So…short post follows.) Five Minute Friday is a chance to write for five minutes flat and [...]
Long week…Lots of Bugz!
May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
So, I’m tired. Really tired. It’s been a long week. A good week, but a long, busy one. Today’s the first day of summer for our family as my daughter finished up her school year last night with her school’s program and production of “Bugz,” a musical about a group of insects on their way [...]
Five Minute Friday: Comfort
May 10, 2013 by 8 Comments
It’s Friday, y’all. Five Minute Friday. This week, Lisa-Jo’s writing about “comfort,” and I thought I’d join in. Visit her site to participate! This Mother’s Day, I will sit in a church service with two squirming girls, little miracles who daily remind me of God’s grace and his goodness. Beside them will be an [...]
Tuesday Tip: A Fun Game for the Whole Family
May 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
So, it’s been rainy and cold (well, colder) so our family had to find some indoors fun this weekend, which happened to coincide with my husband’s birthday. My daughter wanted to pick a gift for him and this is what she chose: Pop Goes Froggio was her choice because she wanted to give him something [...]
Five Minute Friday: Brave
May 3, 2013 by 7 Comments
Today’s Five Minute Friday topic is “Brave.” Visit Lisa-Jo’s site and join in! Even if you’re like me and your five minutes only produces two paragraphs. And a whole lot of fragments. Because every needs me. Now. Happy Friday, y’all! He dives headfirst into everything. So brave it scares me. Fearless and fast…that’s [...]
Help a Mississippi student win the Doodle 4 Google contest!
May 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Okay, Mississippi, here’s our chance to help one of our own! Allison Stewart, a 3rd grader from The Lamar School in Meridian is one of the finalists in the Doodle 4 Google Competition, and we can help her win! She is one step closer to having her art put on the Google homepage for hundreds [...]
Five Minute Friday: Friend
April 26, 2013 by 2 Comments
So, Five Minute Friday turned into almost Fifty Minute Friday today. Don’t you just love interruptions? When I saw the topic this week, I knew there was only one person I could write about. Read on and you’ll see why….. If I look far enough back, I might have memories before I had her [...]
So, it’s Thursday…
April 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
and two of my kids are recovering from a viral throat infection which caused Boo’s temperature to soar over 104. He shivered so hard the bed shook with him. He was feeling better yesterday which really just means he had the energy to whine. He and his little sister. Sister #3 joined in for the [...]
WFMW: How to move a mountain….of laundry!
April 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
So, I let the laundry get away from me. Again. Shocking, I know. It was to the point that I just despaired of ever getting it done. The thing is…most of that laundry wasn’t mine, and I really wanted help with it, you know? But, if I shrunk back in despair at the size of [...]
Play Ideas for the Whole Family….
April 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
When we had twins last year, we instantly became a “large” family. When you double the number of your kids in one day, that happens. So, I’m learning a lot about keeping kids of different ages actively involved in play together, and I’m sharing some of those ideas over at Let’s Play this month. You [...]
