Sophia, Age 4

April 12, 2016 Daily Life: Celebrating Motherhood's Moments 1 Comment
This picture says it all, Sophia. You are bright, witty, sweet, hilarious, bossy, and smart. When I sing, “You are my sunshine,” I mean it literally. You are the sunshine on a rainy day, and your smile lights up a room. And, you are 4 today. Your 4 years of…

Klaus, Age 2

April 9, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
   It’s your second birthday today, Klaus! It’s both difficult to believe that you’re two, and impossible to believe that you’re only two. You’re nearly 3 feet tall, and a healthy 35 pounds, but you’re still such a snuggle-child sometimes. You’re smart and talkative, always eager to be in on…

One More Times A Million

March 24, 2016 Uncategorized 1 Comment
New babies change life in a thousand different tiny ways. There are the new tiny clothes in the laundry, new pieces of furniture and baby toys that suddenly occupy most free spaces in your home, and the newly essential accessories that go missing at the most inopportune times. (Bulb suction…

Kids Book Reviews ~ Library Haul #25

February 3, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
Welcome back to our Kid’s Library Haul series.  This is a weekly series where I give you snappy reviews of our favorites from our weekly library haul. We read a LOT of children’s books from the library and I like to keep things positive here, so books that I thought were terrible…

Book Review: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

February 1, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
Book Review of: A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) by Deanna Raybourn Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction Veronica Speedwell has just buried the last of her benefactress aunts, and is preparing to set off on a new scientific journey.  Though her occupation as a scientist and lepidopterist is extremely suspicious to…

The Edge of Nowhere Blog Tour: Book Review

January 25, 2016 Reading Life 1 Comment
Today I’m participating in Cathie Armstrong’s blog tour for her new book, The Edge of Nowhere, just released on the 19th of this month! You can stop by her website and check out the other blog tour stops here.  Without further ado, let’s get to it!  Book review… Victoria Hastings Harrison…

Book Review: The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley

January 20, 2016 Reading Life No Comments
Review of: The Splendour Falls by Susanna Kearsley Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery When Emily goes on vacation to the Chateau Chinon, she expects the rich atmosphere, steeped in the intertwined histories of France and England.  Her cousin Harry has been researching a long-lost treasure, supposed to have been left by…

Updates

January 16, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
I’ve been thinking about this little blog for several weeks, wanting to get back into the habit of posting the weird little quirks of our day to day life.  I miss those quick little posts, and I love remembering the random crap my kids do that makes me feel like…

Book Review: Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier

January 12, 2016 Uncategorized No Comments
Review of: Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, translated by Anthea Bell Genre: Time Travel, YA, Fantasy Gwenyth Shepherd comes from a family with the gift of time travelers. According to everything she knows, though, the gene has missed her.  The time traveler is expected to be Gwen’s beautiful, educated (though…