Jaeda

When you're two, princesses are a big deal. As are pigtails, spinning, and making messes. When you're two, smooching is the best. So are peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Mosquito-swollen eyes are not.  When you're two, you practice going potty. You also practice stubbornness, trying Mommy's patience, and falling asleep instead of complying. When...

24 October, 2014 /

Goodbye, backyard picnics. Goodbye, long family hikes. Goodbye, warm river. Goodbye, mosquito bites. Goodbye, sidewalk chalk painting. Goodbye, cleaning out the van. Goodbye, scooter washing.  Goodbye, summer tan. (er, wait, those are just legs with bruises) And helloooooo, static electricity! ...

20 October, 2014 /

love fight pray make light eat splash build smash play run bore stun scream fall laugh bawl watch climb gasp slime grow slop clean never.stop  ...

31 August, 2014 /

We eat donuts almost never. A sad state of affairs, I realized, that absolutely needed rectified. So how did we break the fast? With a Saturday morning family date? With a special reason to celebrate? Nope. This baby mama woke up one morning and said to...

30 August, 2014 /

Loving cousins Hating distance Belly popping With persistence Fresh hair cut For a birthday party Braiding hair And feeling artsy Girls abound In Corban's friends So time to veg And feel a man Sibling hugs That are staged by them Loving finding Little gems ...

29 August, 2014 /

There once was a group of girls who loved each other and were committed to each other, babies and allergies and ungraciousness and all. They loved to gather at homes and parks and on this particular day, the library. The kiddos built towers, made their...

28 August, 2014 /

Three weeks ago, we were in a parking lot when suddenly Corban cried out, "I see a plane!" Sure enough, there was a billboard advertising the upcoming airshow. We marked it on our calendars and counted it day by day by day by day by...

27 August, 2014 /

A couple months ago, we promised Aunt Erin we'd visit her this summer. Suddenly, summer was almost over, so a couple weekends ago, we made good on our promise. And are we ever glad we did! Erin's just moved into a beautiful 1920 apartment with...

23 August, 2014 /

We have a certain procedure for timeouts in our house. • warning • placement in timeout • sitting there a few minutes • restatement of reason placed in timeout • declaration of God's command to children to obey their parents (at first, we do this for them, eventually they do...

22 August, 2014 /
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