Archives for 2013

Drop everything and change

When you decide to homeschool, you spend hours, no DAYS pouring over curriculum choices. Comparing. Reviewing. Sampling. Reading. You pick something and you love it and it works. Sometimes you pick something and it doesn't. That's not quite what happened to us. We picked something and we loved ... READ the POST

A football hold has nothing to do with football.

This is NOT a compensated post, I just love to share Mothers' Milk Bank info when I can. I can't donate milk, money or my time, but I can donate my posts!! Last week Mothers' Milk Bank of Austin launched their NEW "You'd Make a Good Donor" program and I LOVE it. The campaign includes ... READ the POST

Night training

This isn't one of those posts I'm thrilled to write about but it's our life, non the less. Lucas still isn't night trained. He's 5.5. He wears a pull-up at night and usually soaks through it COMPLETELY every night. That is not fun. At all. So I made this. We shall ... READ the POST

Lucas lost his first tooth

It's been about 3 weeks now but Lucas lost his first tooth. In fact, he lost it about 4 days before our family photo shoot. It all happened very fast. He told us his tooth was loose early in the afternoon and just after dinner he came to me with a bloody mouth and had his tooth in his ... READ the POST

Austin Park and Pizza

We took the boys to Austin Park and Pizza a few weeks ago for a fun day of play. We went for two reasons. The first reason we went is to check out the improvements. I missed the media event a few months back, but they supposedly changed up their pizza recipe to make it better. SUPPOSEDLY. We ... READ the POST

Homemade Cheese Crackers

It's not my proudest parenting moment but I admit my kids eat too many goldfish. In fact, they like them so much that Lucas has informed me they will on the menu at his restaurant. I will tell you more about that later, but first I must tell you about the homemade cheese crackers we made from a ... READ the POST