I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
When we get bored, we dip things in chocolate. Bananas, marshmallows, pretzels – nothing is safe. This just might be Olivia’s favorite pastime. So there’s your weekly Natural Family update in photos! (Where’s Benjamin, you ask? In his high chair glaring at Cheerios.) (The boy can’t wait ’til he turns one. That’s the okay-now-you’re-old-enough-to-eat-junk-like-the-rest-of-us age.) [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 21st, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Okay, so my pastor wasn’t that blunt. But that’s what I got out of it. He talked about Moses. I LOVE the story of Moses. I love how God directly intervened to save his life as an infant. And then handed him back to his own mother to nurse and raise him until he was [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 21st, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We are officially potty-training. (If Olivia were awake right now, she would totally be making a puddle on the carpet.) (Which is why I waited until she was asleep.) On a whim, over Christmas break, I asked if she wanted to go on the potty at Grandma’s house. AND SHE DID. When we got home, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Causing me to resemble some deformed Star Trek mutant. While rearranging our bedroom, I took it upon myself to personally tackle the nightstand. I mean, I lug around a 20 pound baby boy all day everyday, surely I can handle a cheap piece of Target furniture. Ha. That nightstand whooped my butt. First, I had [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 18th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We had company over on Wednesday and I went all out (as I love to do) for dinner. Lasagna, green beans, garlic bread, and homemade apple pie for dessert. I even picked up an $0.88 bag of mixed salad because, hey, it was only $0.88. And I didn’t have to buy salad dressing because, well, [...]
Filed under: Frugal Fridays on January 17th, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Yeah, I don’t have a dryer. Did you get excited? Sorry. In case you didn’t already know (and you must not frequent my blog if you don’t – because it is one thing I do like to complain about), I don’t have a dryer. I don’t have a dryer hook-up. I don’t even technically have [...]
Filed under: Works For Me on January 16th, 2008 | 26 Comments »
Introducing, Toronto’s Smallest House. It features 300 square feet, one bedroom with a fold-up double-sized bed, living room, full bathroom, kitchen with folding table and chairs, and parking for two cars! AND they have a dryer. Not that I’m jealous. Hat-tip: Ashley (Ye Giver of Links strikes again.)
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
Can I still call it “Monday” if I haven’t gone to bed yet? Sorealquicknow, Meet Olivia’s face-of-pure-pleasure as she builds an incredibly tall tower out of small Duplo blocks (For those of you who were wondering, they’re not that small). Meet Benjamin’s Lonely Front Tooth. Meet my Split Pea Soup (Before and after cooking, because, [...]
Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on January 15th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
It’s late. I’m tired. My title is boring. If you haven’t already, read this previous post before continuing on. Or just continue on and be lost. It’s your choice. Before I start, I really want to thank all of you who commented with support, encouragement, advice, and prayers. It meant so much to me, and [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 12th, 2008 | 14 Comments »
21 Soy Joys @ $1 each = $21.00 Palmolive dish soap @ 1.49 1 Clean Care 12 oz Contact Solution @ 8.99 3 Reese’s Whips @ 0.5 each = 1.50 2 L’Oreal lip sticks @ 2.49 each (75% off!!) = 4.98 2 L’Oreal bronzers @ 2.00 each (75% off!!) = 4.00 Garnier Fructis conditioning glaze [...]
Filed under: The CVS Deals on January 12th, 2008 | 7 Comments »
