To attempt to understand what is going on in my one year old’s head, I sometimes have to try and think like a one year old and make hypotheses. This past Tuesday at about 4pm, Ali went and stood at the window at which she always watches for Daddy to come home and started saying […]
pillow talk, picnics, and goody bags
As I have mentioned before, Ali loves laying her head on pillows. So I decided that it was finally time to try out giving her a pillow in her crib. Amanda gave her a beautiful little pillow with her name embroidered on it, so I decided to use it. She loves it!! She fell asleep […]
new study reveals blogging decreases communication from parents!!
disclaimer: this blog is all in fun, and with the permission of my Mother. Please don’t take it too seriously. While the facts are true, the complaining is not genuine. OK – so ever since I’ve been blogging, as far as I can tell, my mom has checked and read my blog at least once […]
Greek Hamburgers!
I was going to make hamburgers tonight at the request of my husband, and I decided to experiment a little (lucky for me, Chris likes experimenting with food too, so he didn’t mind). I had an unopened bottle of Nabeel’s Greek Dressing (which is AMAZING – it is more of a red vinaigrette Greek as […]
weekend at the beach!
We headed down to Orange Beach on Friday for the first time since November (Chris’ Aunt and Uncle have a house on Wolf Bay that they go to every weekend, and we often join them). Ali has gotten a little more persnickety about where she sleeps, so I was worried about that – both for […]
coloring!!
Ali learned how to color yesterday!! It was so exciting because I have been trying to teach her for quite a while, but she has always been more interested in studying and eating the crayons then coloring with them. Barkley had sent her some really cool toddler crayons for Christmas that are encased in a […]
the God of Rachel
I am doing a study on the Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), and God showed me something really exciting today. I was reading about Jacob wrestling with God. After he had wrestled with God, he set up an altar to God and called it El Elohe Israel, which translated means “The God of Israel”. He […]
happy baby
Today, I have been thinking a lot about what a content and happy phase that Ali is going through. It is wonderful! I literally can’t think of a time in the last few days that she has cried or fussed – AT ALL. She doesn’t cry when we put her to bed or naptimes – […]
homeschool flashbacks
My mom was really big on getting us to write papers all the way through school, and since I homeschooled from 1st-12th grade, I wrote a LOT of these papers for my mom. However, she always had us write them on what was going on in our lives, not on random things. So we knew […]
it’s zoo season!!!
Thanks to the beautiful weather, we have been able to go the zoo three times in 9 days! It is so much fun! We bought a family circle annual pass, which means that we can take two people with us every time we go for free (please let us know if you’d like to join […]