Minding My Peas

We saw the sun!

January 20, 2015 Uncategorized No Comments

It is still up there, folks! And we saw it! One of my favorite ways to bust the wiggles with the babies is to take a walk. Today we just walked a couple blocks down the road and wandered around a grocery store. Bought a couple things we needed for…

Homemaker Monday 01-19-2015

January 19, 2015 Uncategorized 5 Comments

Trying to get back to a somewhat regular posting schedule, and figure what better way to do that than with a blog link up?! Today I’m linking up to Homemaker Monday over at Diary of A Stay at Home Mom. The weather outside is: Cloudy but kind of warm. Honestly,…

KIDS BOOK REVIEW: Don’t Kiss the Frog By Fiona Waters

January 19, 2015 Reading Life No Comments

Book: Don’t Kiss the Frog! by Fiona Waters Genre: Children’s Fiction Don’t Kiss the Frog! Is a collection of princess stories–with a twist. Clumsy princesses, twist endings, and lots of strong characters, Don’t Kiss the Frog is a cute book that brings some depth to the traditional genre of princesses.…

BOOK REVIEW: Stitching Snow by R. C. Lewis

January 14, 2015 Reading Life No Comments

Book: Stitching Snow by R. C. Lewis Genre: Sci-fi, YA Princess Snow is missing. Her home planet is filled with violence and corruption at the hands of King Matthias and his wife as they attempt to punish her captors. The king will stop at nothing to get his beloved daughter…

Through Her Eyes

December 11, 2014 Uncategorized 1 Comment

It was a cloudy, rainy day. Nothing out of the ordinary for autumn in Seattle. The clouds were stormy and gray, hovering low over head, a few sprinkles of rain sputtering on our heads. I was lugging the carseat and diaper bag on one arm, holding her hand with the other as…

Savasana is for corpses… or just not for mothers

October 14, 2014 Uncategorized No Comments

It’s barely 7 o’clock in the morning, but we’ve been up for 2 hours, when I decide on my yoga practice for the day and pull up a Youtube video. The first 50 minutes are great. I bend and twist and cardio-interval with the best of them. Sure, I fall…

KIDS BOOK REVIEW: Fancy Nancy: Aspiring Artist by Jane O’Connor

October 10, 2014 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments

Book: Fancy Nancy: Aspiring Artist Genre: Children After our first encounter with Fancy Nancy at the beginning of the summer, her exploits rapidly became a favorite with my Sophiapea. In this particular story, Fancy Nancy (“Fandy Dandy” if you’re two) discovers that there is art all around her and she can…

KIDS BOOK REVIEW: Mind Your Manners, B. B. Wolf! By Judy Sierra

October 8, 2014 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life No Comments

Book: Mind Your Manners, B. B. Wolf by Judy Sierra Genre: Children B. B. Wolf is invited to a tea party, and since he loves cookies and cookies are generally served at tea parties, he decides to go–but not before getting etiquette advice from his friend. “Sip your tea…

KIDS BOOK REVIEW: Once Upon A Time, The End by Geoffrey Kloske

October 6, 2014 Kids Book Reviews Reading Life 1 Comment

Book: Once Upon A Time, the End (asleep in 60 seconds) by Geoffrey Kloske Genre: Children’s Once upon a time there was a grown-up looking for a book with very short bedtime stories for a kid who wouldn’t go to sleep. So the grown-up picked up this book and read this flap and took the book home and…

Trials of a SAHM

August 15, 2014 Uncategorized 1 Comment

I hate the term Stay-At-Home-Mom. It sounds passive and weak–everything that actually being a Stay-At-Home-Mom isn’t. We need a better term, people. Something that makes us out to be the bad-asses that we are, instead of continually reviving the idea that all mom’s do at home is watch soap operas…