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Labor Day Blowout 2012

As I mentioned before, we do Labor Day big in my family. Every year it’s different, but for the past 15 years, we’ve always done something.

It’s a big deal, because my parents had four kids, and we have given them 11 grandchildren, so get-togethers, for us, are chaos and noise […]

By |September 6th, 2012|motherhood|Comments (22)

Caught. #iPPP

Welcome back to #iPPP! Mama Mash and I want to see your funny, your yummy, your heartfelt, your favorite phone photos of the week. Link up below!

My parents organize a Labor Day get-together every year. It’s a big deal for my immediate family, and for the last 15 years, we’ve never missed one. […]

By |September 4th, 2012|#ippp, Essie, Labor Day|Comments (27)

Great Expectations: Genie In A Blog

Leigh Ann writes Genie In A Blog, a hysterical documentation of her life with twins plus one. She makes being a mom of multiples look So. Darn. Easy. Like, when she demonstrated the way to get awesome pictures of them! And how easy it is to take them places in the […]

By |September 3rd, 2012|Great Expectations|Comments (17)

Project 365: Week 35

Can you believe it’s September?!

Aug 26

We went to the track on Sunday afternoon, after a whole weekend of rain.

Aug 27

First full day of kindergarten. Also, the first day that I got back into exercising in anticipation of two 5Ks in the next month (thanks, Adopt A Pantry!)

Aug 28

My very pink […]

By |September 1st, 2012|Ervin, Essie, Henry, ivy, project 365|Comments (5)

Adopt A Pantry #TGIF

So, today is Friday, and Just Jennifer is doing her first monthly TGIF link-up.

It’s been a long week, though. Three kids have had fevers this week (two today), hubs has been gone or working outside a lot of the week, Ivy started (and finished) her first full week of kindergarten, […]

By |August 31st, 2012|TGIF, Thanksgiving|Comments (7)

Can I Read A Book Tonight? #iPPP

Welcome back to #iPPP! Mama Mash and I want to see your funny, your yummy, your heartfelt, your favorite phone photos of the week. Link up below!

Thank y’all for talking me off the ledge last week. Things did get better. I still don’t like to see my little man walking across that gym […]

By |August 28th, 2012|#ippp, Henry, milestones, school|Comments (42)

Great Expectations: Bees With Honey

Bruna of Bees With Honey is an elementary school teacher, wife of a handsome blonde, and mom of three gorgeous girls.

She does Mama Teach Us features that focus on some educational aspect of parenting like colors, numbers, shapes, etc. It’s a fantastic resource for parents (or guardians) looking for good ways to […]

By |August 27th, 2012|Great Expectations, motherhood|Comments (17)

Waiting for the Bus #essenceofnow

For the last week and a half, E. Belle and I have done a great deal of waiting outside for the bus. Erv is always taking a nap (or hanging out in his bed).

Ivy, up until now, has only gone half days in school, so she has gotten home at […]

By |August 26th, 2012|motherhood|Comments (18)

Project 365: Week 34

This was a stressful week, to say the least.

Aug 19

It didn’t start out stressful. In fact, it started downright fun. In our house, all you need to do is crank up the music during dinner and you get this:

We actually have a REALLY awesome video of the rocking out that […]

By |August 25th, 2012|Ervin, Essie, gluten free, Henry, ivy, project 365, school, wildlife|Comments (5)

The Snake Saga.

I’m calling this “The Week Of The Snake(s)”.

We had three snakes in our garage and one in the living room, since MONDAY. It was like the Apocalypse or something.

I won’t show the pictures, because they’re gross and all my twitter and Instagram peeps already saw them. But the first was […]

By |August 25th, 2012|wildlife|Comments (17)