But That’s Not All

After I blogged about the parenting difficulties I had with Peanut I got the kids up from quiet time.  I had Peanut clean her room and while monitoring/motivating her through the clean-up I discovered Peanut had torn one of her books page by page.  Again.  And hid it behind her toy box.  I gathered all [...]

Parental Frustrations

I believe my daughter may be hatching a plan to do me in.

Peanut has been doing this thing lately where she’s pushing her limits to see if she what she can get away with, even if previously it’s landed her in time out.  Things may have changed, you know.

It’s been going of for [...]

Cutting Hair

Last night I sneaked into Peanut’s room to see if she was sleeping in her bed and to my enormous shock I saw some tufts of hair on the carpet.  Not far from that pile I saw a few more.  And stowed under her chair was her pair of kid scissors.  It doesn’t take a [...]

A Sweater Bag + the Cost of Sewing

When I posted about my sweater skirts my friend Emily left a comment mentioning her mom had made a purse out of a sweater last year.  Brilliant!  I ran back to Saver’s after ODD got home so I could grab another sweater while it was still 50% off.  I found the perfect sweater and while [...]

Bathroom Messes

I didn’t really intend to spend my Thursday evening scrubbing my bathroom tub.  The one I scrubbed less than a week ago.

My children had other plans.

ODD has a Young Men/Young Women Activity (an activity he helped plan for the 12-18 year old kids in our church congregation) followed by a leadership meeting which [...]