Peter Says 27 Aug 2013 | 06:55 am

(McDonald's was recently giving away noise-making minions from Despicable Me 2) Anne giggles, Peter starts laughing - "Mommy, what does Anne sound like a minion?!" Multiple times each day, Peter and...

7QT (Vol. 53): Stewardship Challenge 23 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm

-1- "Finish your food. There are kids starving in Africa." The message is that you should be thankful for the food you have, but I'm confident that forcing yourself to eat more than you want is not t...

Peter's Haircut, Anne's New Trick 22 Aug 2013 | 08:23 am

"Mommy, I will get blonde hair ALL OVER your floor!" "Now I'll just make a maze for my fingers." Yep, I can pull to standing!

Unschooling This Week 20 Aug 2013 | 06:46 am

I'm officially starting homeschooling again next Monday, after about a month of vacation. Local schools start after Labor Day, but our first unit will be the beach, so I want to do it while Peter's me...

7QT (Vol. 52): Our Life, Our Sweetness, and Our Hope 17 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am

-1- "All generations will call me blessed." Luke 1:48 -2- A significant amount of my faith formation post-elementary school happened in Presbyterian circles. The youth group at my parish was very....

Peter's Awesome Hat and Other Vacation Pictures 15 Aug 2013 | 05:33 am

The beach is exhausting Seriously exhausting Just happy to be with Daddy (and his oven mitts)

Toys: Channel Surfing for Kids 13 Aug 2013 | 07:32 am

Peter has a fair number of toys, but they are all Good Toys. He has stuffed animals, a train set, different sets of blocks, cloth dolls, trucks, balls, miniature cars, beads to string, musical instrum...

7QT (Vol. 51): Going to the Beach 10 Aug 2013 | 08:24 am

-1- My laptop is plotting against me. I have a refurbished acer netbook, which is not exactly stellar. One of its favorite tricks is spontaneously deciding it has no battery power (even when near 100...

Before and After: Home Edition 8 Aug 2013 | 08:02 am

You Didn't Waste Your Time 6 Aug 2013 | 06:40 am

Regret. Maybe you poured yourself into a job that was a dead end. Maybe you were in a long-term relationship that ended poorly. Maybe you spent thousands of dollars on an education that doesn't seem u...