Memorial Birthday RAOK

Hey! It’s March! (Did you know that? Seriously, when did that happen?) I’m wrapping up February with this post about Random Acts Of Kindness (RAOK.)  As regular readers know, February is a complicated month in our household…both joy and sorrow mingling throughout the weeks.  This year marked the 8th since I delivered our oldest, Wheeler, [...]

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Gift Idea…A Family Cookbook

I have some friends who like to give me a hard time about my from-scratch baking and the sometimes-semi-gourmet nature of my kids’ lunchbox contents. This post is for them. This past weekend was my mother-in-law’s 70th birthday celebration. And there had to be cake. My husband wanted to decorate a cake with our four-year-old…so they [...]

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Birthdays – I have to share now!

I’m not so good at sharing, really.  I know I should be better at it and I should be modeling it for my boys…but it’s hard for me. And now I have to share my birthday. This little guy came along last year only 2 days before my birthday. So this year on my birthday [...]

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Birthdays!!

It is safe to say that birthdays are a “gather around the table” event. They are honored with gifts and hoopla, cemented in our memories with photos and, these days, if the parents are really irresponsible, they can even make a TV show about your birthday. We haven’t gotten crazy with birthday parties in our house…but [...]

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