Hello, friends! This week I am actually a little nervous about posting my weekly goals. You see, one of my goals this week involves getting up earlier than I have for a l-o-n-g time. As I have been listening to Crystal Paine’s audio course Make Over Your Mornings, I have become inspired to use myRead More
What I’m Reading This Week #21
Each week I share the books that I am currently reading as a part of my Read 100 Challenge and the links that I love from around the blogosphere. It has been a wonderfully quiet week here at our house. Little Sister turned 3 on Thursday, and we had a nice, simple party for her.Read More
One Simple Thing That Has Completely Changed My Mornings
I love back to school season. I love freshly sharpened pencils and the promise of empty sheets of papers. I get a thrill out of filling my son’s backpack with new supplies and imagining all of the things he will do with them. And I absolutely delight in meeting my 70 new 7th graders–all cleanedRead More
Healthy Living on a Budget
I think we could all agree that we would like to live healthy lives and to help our loved ones do so as well. In fact, many of us moms quite obsess over this. Do you remember the first time your infant got a cold? I swear I took my son’s temperature so many timesRead More
Why Our Children Go to Bed (Ridiculously) Early
I am writing this post at 6:30 in the evening, and all of my children are in bed. This isn’t an accident or a one-time fluke. My husband and I have consciously worked to create early bedtimes for our children. We believe that sleep is important, and so we create habits, routines, and rulesRead More
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