The Natural Mommy

A friend emailed me with a potty training question and I thought there had to be others out there with the same issue, so why not post about it?  Besides, it would be a great way to break the week of blog-silence I enjoyed while we galavanted around town with our bestest buddies earlier this [...]

Filed under: Potty-Training on May 27th, 2010 | 5 Comments »

Yesterday, my day started at 5:30.  Hill runs at 6, play date at the zoo at 10, lunch with Daddy at noon.  And I had three loads of laundry and a day’s worth of dishes to fit in there somewhere, as well.  By the time I got home, it was after 2pm and I was [...]

Filed under: Motherhood, The Mommy on May 22nd, 2010 | 2 Comments »

He is very logically minded.  I adore listening to his reasoning and arguments. He has a fantastic memory.  He is always surprising me with details he recalls from the past.  They do take awhile to figure out, though, as he refers to everything that happened before today as “last night”. He watches out for his [...]

Filed under: Motherhood, The Benjamin, What I Love About My Kid on May 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment »

But you have to scroll to the bottom for the results.  :-D ————————————————— I saw Rat Race once. Anyway, I’m done with the written portion of the Why I Love My Kid assignment for Benjamin.  I’m just editing some pictures to illustrate it.  Have you started yours? But that has nothing to do with the [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on May 19th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Turquoise. Testing. Tan-evasion. Tasting. Trepidation. Touching. ————————————— This post is a contribution to Wordless Wednesday.

Filed under: Wordless Wednesday on May 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Digging his own grave.  Kinda. Helping. Burying. Packing it down. I’m sure he looks more comfortable than he really was… Extricating Uncle Noah was harder than he anticipated. There.  Now it looks like he did it all by himself. —————————————————————- To play along with Meet-and-Greet Monday, post some pictures of your own!  Tell us what [...]

Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on May 17th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I’m setting myself an assignment.  Three assignments. One assignment per kid.  And then one for my husband.  Because he deserves one, too. So four assignments. I will write one post per kid (and husband) listing everything I love about them. I’ve been spending the past week writing these posts in my head and it really [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on May 15th, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I had a fantastic Mother’s Day. Really, probably the best ever. I didn’t cook a single meal or wash a single dish. I got my bike fixed.  We got a basket for Lucy.  Then we went for a family bike ride. (Josh had Levi in a bike seat in the front and Benjamin in a [...]

Filed under: Motherhood, The Mommy on May 10th, 2010 | 15 Comments »

Ever notice how when you get really involved in a hobby it starts leaking into all aspects of your life?  Like how you explain the way you see your children? I’ve been purposely introspective lately about how I see my children, how I treat my children, how I discipline my children, how I reward my [...]

Filed under: Motherhood on May 5th, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Josh’s dad gave a wonderful sermon in the park, followed by an Easter egg hunt. After all the eggs were hidden, the word “Go!” sounded, to the delight of two small children and one college graduate days from marriage. I could have zoomed in, but then the magnificence of those palm trees would have been lost. Same [...]

Filed under: Meet-and-Greet-Mondays on May 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment »