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. . . because it's fun to compare. . .
Scotland at 4 months. Compare with Anders at 4 months below.
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Anders: 4 months
Here’s our happy little guy at 4 months. Anders is an incredibly smiley little guy. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve turned around in a line to find several adults competing to see who could get a bigger smile from him. He smiles in a wide-mouth full bodied way- his head swinging back…
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Pre-plan your parenting
I recently read this post by Kate from Picklebums, and I really liked her approach. I liked her idea of creating a script. I’ve found that set phrases can work wonders in helping me phrase things in a kind polite way, when I might not be feeling so inclined. When Scotland hollars “I want water!”…
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IKEA
I’m not sure I’m cut out for IKEA. It’s just too big, with too many choices. I like small stores with few choices. Aldi, for example. Every time I left that place I felt confident and happy. Yesterday, when I returned from IKEA I felt frustrated, stressed, and exhausted. It doesn’t help that the last…
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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
I read Donald Miller’s book several months ago, but I’m leading the discussion for our book club tomorrow and so have been going over some quotes I loved. I’ll share: “If you watched a movie about a guy who wanted a Volvo and worked for years to get it, you wouldn’t cry at the end…
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Cousins, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles
Here’s a pictographic depiction of the rest of our trip; The day after the wedding was Mother’s Day and we got together with the Harrison side of my family to celebrate. We got to gather around and hear stories from and ask questions to the matriarch of the family: Dorothy Ruth Chambers Harrison. How I…
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I'm getting married in the morning. . .
cue “My Fair Lady.” Sorry for the long absence. My younger brother got married on the 10th, and then I stuck around Utah to visit family for a week and a half, we returned and quickly all got the flu, and its just taken me some time to get back in the swing of things-you…
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"Last Child in the Woods."
“Quality of life isn’t measured only by what we gain, but also by what we trade for it.” -Richard Louv “Last Child in the Woods” I’m reading Louv’s book “Last Child in the Woods” and simply adoring it. It’s spurred so many thoughts and desires within me. One of the things it has helped me…
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The fun Aunt
A few weeks ago I was talking with my eldest sister Sabina when she mentioned that her daughter Brecklyn (my teenage niece) had mentioned that she felt like she had “lost” her aunts. “They get married and have kids and just get tired, and aren’t fun anymore.” I loved being a single Aunt. I loved…
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Mothering is hard- when I perceive it as such
In my last post I spoke of needing to find more time to meet my needs. Then I left for the weekend at my folks, and returned full of desire to “get things done.” My return coincided with three days of GORGEOUS sunshine and warmth. And true to my “drop everything and enjoy the sun” rule, we…