Apr 09
Yesterday, I took the opportunity to have a chat with all four of the kids about unschooling. I wanted to be able to share their words, their thoughts, and their perspectives. What follows is just a portion of the awesome conversation that unfolded. Bold words are mine, and responses are from Spencer (16), Paxton (12), …
Mar 26
I’m very tired. I don’t mean that I’m tired right now as I write this (even though I am), but more that I’m sort of perpetually tired. I’m not complaining either. Just stating facts. I think that between being a full-time mom for 16 years, and having 4 busy kids, and a Mike and a …
Feb 25
Spencer and Tegan’s birthdays are 3 days apart. Well, 11 years and 3 days. In the past, I’ve found that stressful, because 1) I find birthdays a little bit stressful to begin with, and 2) it meant twice as much planning, twice as much baking, twice as much money…. This year though, I realized for …
Jan 29
“Wouldn’t it be gross if we all washed our bodies in toilet water?” “Can I read the dog a bed night story?” “Sophie (our dog) can talk! She just said, “Can I have some meatloaf?”” “Can your laugh box ever run out of laughs?” “Her boobs are much bigger than yours.” “If you call me …
Jan 18
I grew up playing with Barbies. In fact, some of my favorite childhood memories involve being out in the yard with my sister, with nothing but a big bin of Barbies and our imaginations. These were not dainty, sedentary Barbies either. These were badass Barbies. We’d create these elaborate and far-flung adventures for all of …
Jan 04
Tegan, 4 years and 10.5 months at the time of this writing (because I’m in denial about my last baby turning 5 soon) is awesome – says her unbiased mom. She’s smart and spunky and beautiful. But what really makes her awesome is the stuff that comes out of her mouth. Just a tiny sample …
Oct 10
“Hold me!” I could tell by the grin on her face that she wasn’t sick or sad, just needing to be held by mom. We were in the kitchen, and I was loading the dishwasher, up to my elbows in last night’s dinner. “Hold me!” There were a million reasons why I couldn’t pick her …
Sep 22
Tegan loves Adele. And when I say she loves Adele, I mean she really, really loves Adele. I find Adele very refreshing, because she can actually SING, rather than relying on smoke and mirrors and spandex and pyrotechnic woo-woo stuff like so many of the other popular performers today. But Tegan… she’s just enamored. Adele’s …
Jul 02
One of my very favorite times of day is early in the morning, sometime between 4:00 and 5:00 AM. That’s around the time that Tegan usually wakes up and makes her way into our bed, to sleep for a few more hours snuggled between us. Like her three brothers before her, she slept exclusively …
Feb 22
Four years ago today (four years!) my life was forever changed for the better yet again, when I was blessed to become a mom to a little girl for the very first time. Tegan has brought so very much to our family, and our lives, and I couldn’t imagine this world without her. Here are …
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