Happy Saturday! It’s now officially National Get Outdoors Day! Head here if you want some ideas of where to go (there’s sites all over with fun stuff planned) or what to do. We’re going to Devil’s Gulch in South Dakota with some friends. Supposedly, Jesse James jumped it in a famous getaway. I’m not sure…
Category: This and that
To My Child, On Mother’s Day
I wrote this poem years ago and posted it on the Magical Childhood site, and thought it was fitting to post again today… To My Child, On Mother’s Day I loved you when you were a dream, a plan of who I wanted to be as your mother. I loved you when you were a…
Real Life
In the interest of balancing out all the perfect sounding mamas and houses out there, here’s another installment of small confessions just for you. 🙂 Directly below this sign in the upstairs hallway is a doorknob-sized hole in the wall where a child opened the bathroom door a bit too enthusiastically. I brought four pieces…
We Now Commence Craziness
The next few days are going to be a wee bit hectic around here. Thursday we’re driving out of town to go buy a new (to us) van. Friday we’re driving both vans the 2 1/2 hours home and celebrating Jack’s 7th birthday with a party in the park. Saturday we’re celebrating Victoria’s 12th birthday…
Off for a Week!
The kids and I are off to Magical Mama Tiffany’s house in Nebraska to have fun with her fabulous family. We’ll be back on Wednesday night. I’ll try to check in but I’m not sure if I’ll have much time. Have a magical week! See you soon!