If you’d like to start at the beginning of the story click here. We got to Denver and dashed to make our connecting flight. With a little time to spare, Jason, feeling sorry for the kids who hadn’t eaten, went and bought a banana right before boarding. Of course, they wouldn’t eat it, so here… [continue reading]
Why I Don’t Fly with Kids: A Funny Travel Story Part 3
If you’d like to start at the beginning of my story click here. Well after that, all civility and trying to make the best of a bad situation was gone. We stood and fought over what to do, where to go, and what to eat, all in big huff. Finally I said that I didn’t… [continue reading]
Why I Don’t Fly with Kids: A Funny Travel Story Part 2
If you’d like to start at the beginning of my story click here! Well, this was December 16th and the next flight was completely booked. So they sent us to wait for the next flight, and the next, and the next, and the next. Twelve hours later they told us there was only one remaining… [continue reading]
Why I Don’t Fly with Kids: A Funny Travel Story
This is the story that got me started writing five years ago: I was thrilled to be heading to Vancouver, Canada, for a family wedding. I like to travel anyway, but I’d never been to Canada, except for a drive across the border and back, so this was especially exciting. Our flight was scheduled to… [continue reading]
Puzzle Time
My six-year-old daughter Joy wanted to know if she could do the 100 piece puzzle during her quiet time. She really likes things like puzzles and legos, so I got it for her. This is the daughter that used to take a screw out of her crib every morning when she was a baby! I… [continue reading]
Storytelling at the Dinner Table
Family meals are a big part of our days. It can be challenging, however, to keep the kids engaged, yet not causing trouble. I try to do things like make special theme dinners as often as I can. I want our time together to be memorable. One thing that we do over lunch time when… [continue reading]
A Christmas Story Sure to Make You Laugh
Joy’s Christmas Concert We arrived at the girls’ school Christmas concert last year the required half hour early and found a good seat near the front. As I chatted with the mom in front of me, I mentioned that I hoped Joy (five years old at the time) would do okay because it is really… [continue reading]
Joy’s Second Trip to the Emergency Room
It was the last day before Easter Break at the Mom’s Day Out and the one day a week school for homeschoolers that my kids attended. Faith’s class had an Easter meal for the parents, so I was already on the property with camera at the ready when I was notified that I needed to… [continue reading]
Proud to be a Weird Mom
I overheard my daughter impersonating me to the others. I tiptoed over to the room and peeked in. She was being overly dramatic throwing her arms and shouting out commands. (I don’t do that. Surely!) Then as an ending to the little show she said, “Mom’s so weird.” That’s when she looked up and noticed… [continue reading]
Happy Thanksgiving with a Free Laugh from Me!
I started my Thanksgiving meal preparations last night. I make a fresh cranberry waldorf salad recipe that I got from my sister Sara. I was rinsing the cranberries with my four-year-old daughter Grace watching. “Can I have one?” she asked. I almost said no, but then I pictured the fun it would be to watch… [continue reading]