I love Sunday afternoons. Sundays as a whole are a pretty good day at our house.

Take today for example. I started the day by putting on something other than a T-shirt and shorts as I got dressed to go to church. The Golfer was in charge of getting the boys dressed, giving me the opportunity to spend a few extras minutes on my hair. Leaving the house, I couldn't help but be reminded that when you look good, you feel good, and… Read More

I have nothing left to give.

It is nine o'clock at night and my children are still awake watching yet another DVD episode of Blue's Clues. It's sad, but I really don't care. I simply do not have the energy that it will take to get them upstairs and into bed. Just thinking about it makes me want to curl up into my desk chair and never leave. But I'm afraid that someone might find out that I've let my… Read More

After only five days into kindergarten, it is apparent that my son is already getting a good education.

"Mommy? Do you know what 'nocturnal' means?" the Cheese Eater asked me at the dinner table.

"Yes. Do you know what it means?" I replied. Honestly, I was taken aback by his question. For him to be using such a big word, I figured that he must have heard it at school.

"It means when animals go to bed in the morning and wake up at… Read More

Now that summer is officially over, it's time to start doing something with all of my vacation pictures.

But as usual in the life of a mother, making the time to sit down, pull out all of my scrapbooking supplies, and devote a couple of hours to a creative project is a definite challenge. So I found a few things online that will help me be the most efficient scrapbooker I can be.

Creating Keepsakes is one of the many scrapbooking magazines… Read More

A couple of days ago, we went to the Cheese Eater's new school for Back-to-School Night. When I was a teacher, this was probably my most favorite event of the entire school year.

At the school that I taught at--and for the Cheese Eater as well--this was the night that you found out who your teacher was for the first time. My new students would always come in the door timidly, all clean and smiling. I would greet each and every… Read More

Ever since I was first pregnant, I started keeping a file of great party ideas that I would find in parenting magazines. Usually a month or more before their birthday, I pull out the file and refresh my memory of some fun party themes. Now that the Cheese Eater is older and has an opinion about his parties, I let him go through the folder to choice one he likes.

In one of my recent posts, I mentioned that the Cheese Eater… Read More