Some days people are just plain grumpy. (Yes, even at the sunny Owlhaven. Just because I don’t blog tons about it doesn’t mean we’re never cranky.) I’ve found that putting on some lively music can be a real mood lifter for everyone. This week I’d love for you all the share [...]
Archive for March, 2007
Opinion Saturday: Good kids music
Posted in Fun & Games on March 31, 2007 | 60 Comments »
Just a few of hundreds this week
Posted in Family on March 30, 2007 | 19 Comments »
Sunshine on my heart
Posted in Family on March 29, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Afternoon.
Beach.
Sunshine.
Most of the family has been building sand castles for an hour, but I’ve been waiting to walk down from the beach house until the two year old woke from her nap. Once she awakes, yawning, we pull on our sand shoes, and walk down the steep tree-root-filled trail to the beach. [...]
Wiki Your Birthday?
Posted in Family on March 29, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I saw this at Mella’s place a few days ago and thought it would be a perfect ‘lazy-post’ for while we’re busy playing on the beach. Then the next day Carol tagged me to do it! SO here ya are!
1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day only): June 21st [...]
Taking a minute away from playing on the beach….
Posted in Family on March 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
… to award the Golden Keyboard this week to Lynee for her comment about the importance of teaching children manners!
Oink
Posted in Funny Kids on March 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Alternate title: The tribulations of sharing two bathrooms among 10 people
This morning while we were all scurrying around the rental house getting ready to go out and about, our 4 year old daughter came down to our bedroom asking if she could use the bathroom. Since her daddy was currently in the [...]
Works for Me – My Picture Gallery
Posted in Home on March 27, 2007 | 39 Comments »
There are two types of people in the world.
There are those who move into a house, place their furnishings around neatly, and barring the occasional tornado or vacuuming session (after which all furniture is carefully replaced precisely into the exact divots it created) there the furniture stays until the Second Coming.
Then there are [...]
Water, Sand and Sky
Posted in Family on March 27, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Breakfast in the car
Posted in Family on March 26, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Should parents put up with back-talk?
Posted in Parenthood on March 26, 2007 | 27 Comments »
Last weekend a TV news crew rode along with some police officers as they kept an eye on the St. Patty’s Day partiers, with an eye toward keeping the drunks off the road. A guy in a pickup truck was pulled over and his interaction with the police was caught on film.
Two [...]
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I'm Mary, wife to John, and mom to 10 kids ages 3-20. Six of them were adopted, from Ethiopia and Korea. I spend my days applying Bandaids, reminding kids to use their inside voices, persuading kids fractions are useful, cooking spicy ethnic food, and snapping gig after gig of pictures. Very late at night, I write about it all.
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