Category Archives: parenting

What Children Want Most From Their Mom [isn’t necessarily what they should get]

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Laura

Here I am again, talking about balance.  Here’s my other recent balance post.  Several weeks ago, I started seeing this article linked to in several places.  The author talks about how baking bread is a really soul-nourishing practice for her … Continue reading →

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The Practice of Assigning Positive Intent

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Laura

I first read about this life-giving practice here. A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.  Proverbs 15:1 A discipline I’ve been trying to adopt recently has been the practice of “assigning positive intent.”  Basically … Continue reading →

Posted in Ellie, Mark, parenting, reflecting | 7 Comments

Nursing – The Perfect Travel Food

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Laura

to commemorate World Breastfeeding Week 2013 at a park in Arlington, VA, 8/4/2013 Traveling with a baby can be stressful.  Routines are disrupted and environments are unfamiliar.  We recently spend two weeks in Montana, a trip that involved a long … Continue reading →

Posted in Mark, nursing, parenting, politics, reflecting, travel | Tagged | 5 Comments

The Honeymoon Is Over

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Laura

Mark is on the move.  He also has object permanence now so he’s not so easily distracted if I take something away from him.  He has started crying in protest if he really wants it! Today, Ellie was crying because … Continue reading →

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Let’s Go For A Little Balance, OK?

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Laura

I’ve been seeing lots of posts over the past few months related to this post, entitled, Dear Mom on the iPhone.  In it, the author basically tells moms that we’re missing out on a ton with our children because we … Continue reading →

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Writing. Someday.

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Laura

As you may or may not have noticed over the past few weeks, I haven’t been writing much at all.  I’ve been keeping up with my Color Book Tutorial/Sew-Along, I’ve posted a few KIOS posts, I’ve put up some cute … Continue reading →

Posted in parenting, reflecting | 7 Comments

An Early Mother’s Day Tribute

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Laura

To my mother, my mother-in-law, my sister, my sisters-in-law, and all the other mothers in my life, here’s my Mother’s Day gift to you: (Obviously, I can take no credit for this video.  Check out the other cadamole videos – … Continue reading →

Posted in family, love, parenting | 3 Comments

Operation Quiet Time

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Laura

Right now Ellie is in the awkward phase of, “I do need a nap but if I take a nap, I stay up until 9:00 and bedtime is hard.”  So this week, we’ve been experimenting with Ellie not taking a … Continue reading →

Posted in Ellie, parenting | Tagged | 9 Comments

Life Is Good

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Laura

Both children are asleep, in bed, without needing me to touch them.  Nik is washing dishes (digging us out of the Baking Day hole).  I just finished cutting all the Baking Day bread, readying it for the freezer.  We’re listening … Continue reading →

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When Principles Meet Nostalgia

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Laura

Nik and I have some fairly strong convictions on what kind of toys we want to have in our house.  I blogged about this more extensively in this post.  Specifically, we decided that we didn’t want to have any plastic … Continue reading →

Posted in cleaning, Ellie, parenting, useful beautiful | 8 Comments