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.
Yesterday during dinner, Levi’s cup of milk was dangerously close to the edge of the table. “Move your milk!” I cried desperately as I remembered that there was nothing protecting the carpet under his chair. He looked up at me, reached out, grabbed his cup, and wiggled it. “Levi!” Frustration was creeping in. ”Stop! You’re [...]
Filed under: The God, The Levi on August 15th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Levi is such a tactile little boy. He mushes his food. He tears paper. He eats dirt. And sand. And mulch. He pushes and shoves and bites and hits and takes what he wants. He spends half his day in time out. He’s definitely action-oriented. He’s a smart thing, he really is. He learned to [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Levi on July 22nd, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I tried to work with Levi (21 months old) on his pincher grip. I was using clothes pins. I put one in his hand, squeezed the end with him, noted how it opened, and clipped it to the edge of a bucket. We did that a few times and I got called away. In my [...]
Filed under: The Levi on April 14th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It would appear that our 21 month old is done with diapers. But I am not ready to potty train him. I don’t want to. I won’t. You can’t make me. With Olivia, she was willing and able to go in the potty until the novelty of the chore wore off. When it was no [...]
Filed under: Potty-Training, The Levi on April 7th, 2011 | 13 Comments »
This is the stuff Christmas movies are made of. We woke up to 2/3 of our children cuddling us in bed. The third joined eventually (she’s a late sleeper). Looking out the window, we were excited to see a winter wonderland awaiting. We made our way to the kitchen and listened to Christmas music while [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Levi on December 4th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Olivia did multiplication yesterday at breakfast. Lunch? Or was it today? She was thinking while eating, then looked up and told me, “Three 2′s are 6!” I was very proud. And I told her so. And then she said, “And four 2′s are 8!” And I kissed her. Josh told Benjamin it was too muggy [...]
Filed under: The Benjamin, The Levi, The Olivia, The Ramblings on August 13th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I wrote down the name of everyone who got the answer correct on the Mountain Game and put them in one of our smaller stacking boxes. And then gave the box to Olivia with instructions to pull one out. This was her first response: This was her second: Note the shift from bewilderment to defiance. [...]
Filed under: Giveaway, The Levi, The Olivia on March 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment »
He was playing with his toys in the corner of the room the last time my heavy eyes slid closed. The next time they jerked open was when I realized whatever dream I was enjoying should not have included such wet noises. Painfully ripped from blissful unconsciousness, I saw my eight-month old standing inches from [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Funnies, The Levi, The News on March 17th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Levi, in case you couldn’t tell by the title of this post, gets into everything. He’s been crawling since Christmas. He’s been pulling himself up ever since he was able to crawl over to a worthy piece of furniture. Or pant leg. Or unworthy piece of furniture which collapses, falls, or flips under his 20 [...]
Filed under: The Levi on March 2nd, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Hey guys! Hey, hey, can I play? Guys? Can you hear me? HEY, I’M TALKIN’ TO YOU. That’s right. Movin’ in. Oooh, a castle? Awesome. I love playin’ with castles. Is that a Barbie, too? Aw, thanks Brother, I love you, too. Is it me, or is this castle moving? Sweet! Do I get the [...]
Filed under: Motherhood, The Benjamin, The Levi, The Olivia on January 6th, 2010 | 3 Comments »
