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My Little Valentines

February 14, 2011 by jenbshaw

They really do make every holiday better don't they... … [Read more...]

I used to think that happy babies were nothing more than urban legend. My first two kids weren't colicky screamers, but they were somewhat high maintenence babies. They needed lots of jostling and rocking and soothing and bouncing and they didn't fare well with traveling or change or … [Read more...]

Can Theatre Beat a Video Game? Ask a Kid.

February 4, 2011 by Racheal

I was thinking it might be fun to catch up with the cast of Bosco & Jones, and it turns out Matt Bois, who was beloved by audiences for playing the affable puppet Jones, as well as earning a nod for Outstanding Performance from NOW Magazine, is here in town. He's currently on … [Read more...]

Do As I Say, Not As I Do.

January 24, 2011 by Amanda

I am a slob. And kind of lazy. Those two pieces of me add up to a messy house. I am working on it and trying to keep a tighter rein on my slothful tendencies, but I am also starting to wonder how I can teach my children about being tidy and helpful with chores when I can't seem to master it myself.I … [Read more...]

Schooled

January 20, 2011 by Amanda

I used to be able (with a few exceptions) to pick out the home-schooled kids in a crowd: they were the quiet, socially awkward ones who liked to talk about medieval times and their pants were always too short.I swore I would never home-school my future children, for the sake of their social … [Read more...]

Coping with the January Blahs

January 17, 2011 by amreen

I've been suffering from a major case of the January doldrums. It's cold, mornings are dark, and I've been finding it hard to motivate myself for even the most menial of tasks. But, in the past few days, I've perked up and found ways to cope on these dullest of winter days. Firstly, … [Read more...]

Choosing the Right Time to De-Christmas

January 8, 2011 by Tracey

I'm going to make more of an effort not to have my tree up into February this year.I LOVE having a Christmas tree so much... and since we moved our bed into what was formerly the living room three years ago, I have the pretty, pretty tree just inches from my head in my bedroom. It is glorious. The … [Read more...]

Picture This

January 6, 2011 by Amanda

I enjoy taking photographs of my kids. A few years ago, a good friend of mine who is a professional photographer, spent an afternoon showing me the manual functions of my Digital SLR camera. While I have nowhere near mastered the art of photography, my level of enjoyment has definitely gone up since … [Read more...]

Drive Me (Crazy).

January 3, 2011 by Amanda

Driving anywhere with my kids is an exercise in madness.See, we own a huge pick-up truck (since we have an apple orchard and need a massive rig to haul our fruit to the packing house each fall) and all three kids are packed into the same row of the cab. Three girls, duking it out.The eldest sits in … [Read more...]

Christmas Photos: Why Do I Even Bother?

December 17, 2010 by Amanda

I took all afternoon getting our girls dolled up for the photo shoot. Their has was combed (this is a rarity), they looked adorable in their matching cream cable-knit sweater dresses and shiny shoes, they had had the annual pep talk: "We're going to Wal-Mart and a nice lady is going to take your … [Read more...]