**Thank you Marketplace Homes for sponsoring me for Brancation: Blog Cabin! Think you can’t move? Think again with Marketplace Homes, Moving the World! On a mountain with a huge porch so I can sit and look at the beautiful view! I had just that this past weekend when I visited Pigeon Forge, Tn. Now if you haven’t been to Pigeon…
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My children have never experienced death before. The time came and my husband and I had to decide if we should bring them to the funeral or not. In the end, we decided that we didn’t want to bring them. And afterwards, we were really glad we made that decision. We wanted to help children say goodbye in a child…
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Sometimes when I’m bored, I like to window shop (screen shop??) online at Amazon. You can pretty much find everything from practical, everyday items to the must have things that are a little odd at the same time. Today is one of those days that I am window shopping and check out some of the things I want: *As an…
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October headlight safety month. Bet you didn’t know that, now did you?!? When it comes to caring for my car I’m a horrible owner. My car is always trashed. Toys all over the backseat; sweatshirt jackets thrown about because the kids take them off and just leave them; and my front seat is like a filing cabinet (minus the cabinet!)…
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One of the things we struggle most with our kids on is the concept of “Tattling vs. Telling”. At home I hear a constant: “MOMMY, Bella won’t stop looking at me” or “MOMMY, Zack won’t stop talking” Obviously neither of those situations are emergencies. Nor do they really have to tell me that. At their ages (Five and Eight), they…
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