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The Hunt Continues

I still don’t have a name. Some new ones we are considering are Cullen, Carson, Griffin, and My Husband’s Favorite Maximilian. Problem with that one is my Best Friend just had a baby a few months ago, and named him Maxwell. 2 max’s is just a little too copy cat for me, so I nixed [...]

My Favorite Birthday Gift

Its too darn hot!

Yesterday started out awful. Bekah was sick in the morning (don’t worry nothing bad or contagious, mostly in her head). Diapers with Aiden and Charlotte were both awful repeatedly. It was hot hot hot. The Air conditioning is broken. Katie had a play date at the park. I needed to sign the girls up for [...]

This Cool Mom’s Picks

This. Is. Awesome. Polite rules of ettiquite for the overwhelmed!

Call me frugal! But you will see me here, in the Alderwood stadium 7, at 10am most weeks, with all 4 crazies. contact if you want to meet up!
 
Shopping off the coupon/ads and what I get in the organic produce bin, this site [...]

That’s it, it’s time to super nanny on their hineys

Problem: Aiden has gone off schedule, at night. putting him down for bed, he wouldn’t stay in bed. He kept getting up and turning on the light and playing with toys.
Solution: Room switch. His old room (biggest room) now playroom. His new room is the old playroom. No toys, just bed, dresser, monkeys, blankets and [...]

Easter

Easter is one of those holidays for me, that I get confused on what to give the kids. I don’t want to focus too much on the gifts, and I certainly don’t want candy monsters. We decided the safest bet (besides the candy and traditional eggs) is books. We usually do an outfit, but that [...]

Oh all the things I have to DO!

The carpets need cleaning, The stairs need detailing, The toilets need scrubbing, The mirrors and windows need cleaning, The walls need touch ups, The Fridge needs scrubbing, the deck needs cleaning, the Garage needs organizing, The yarns need dyeing, The dishes need doing, The laundry needs washing, dinner needs making, The plants need watering, The [...]

Just a Home Maker

This post is a tribute to one of the most wonderful women I have ever known, Ann Bailey. She is one of my friend’s from High School’s mom. She was my first and best example of a LDS mom and an LDS family. She is a talented musician and writer. I have a CD she [...]

Ode to Magic Eraser

I can not believe how many times this past week I have googled “how to remove _______ from walls”. Even more amazing to me is that the answer has so often been Magic Eraser. And it hasn’t been just walls. My girls took coloring supplies outside of the coloring zone, and I paid the price. [...]

The Crayola Factory

We watched the episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8 a few weeks ago, where they went to the Crayola Factory with the kids. It looked like such fun that it might be worth the drive! So we let Katie think she was picking the place, and made a day trip this past Thursday during [...]