My Family Loves It

I shouldn’t get too excited but Jamie peed on the potty twice today! That makes it 4 times now. After 2 boys (the 3 yr old had a poop accident today) this is very promising! I don’t want to push her but I’ll be offering the potty to her more now.
*notice the cute sweater Grandma [...]

The boys are so into anything to do with sports and even though I’m not personally a football fan, I’m excited for them and for the little super bowl party we have planned. The “party” will just be me, John and our 3 kids but we’re all looking forward to it.
Here is what I’m planning [...]

Oh its harder than you’d think to clean! I have made good progress on organizing but life is hectic this week (more than normal somehow) and I’m running out of time to get my AFTER pictures up for Friday. If I needed a scapegoat it would be Jamie, she is being challenging this week, especially [...]

ParentHacks has the answer for what to do when you have a faulty diaper.
If the tab breaks as you’re trying to put a disposable diaper on your squirmy little one (and isn’t it always when you’re in a hurry?), there’s still hope!  Go ahead and fasten the tab on the other side.  Now put on [...]

I was searching online for a good chocolate playdough and I wasn’t very happy with any of the recipes (it seems like a lot of sites just copy the same play dough recipes from other sites). So I decided to make my own recipe up yesterday and for my first attempt I am very pleased. [...]

You’re never too young or too girly to love hockey and here is some proof. Jamie keeps trying to put on her brothers’ hockey gear, including the skates (she even took off her red sparkle shoes to try on the skates).
We started both boys skating at 2yrs old so she’ll have to get by with [...]

I’ve been on a cheese and cracker kick lately, but the flavors I like (sharp cheddar, horseradish) are not popular with the kids. During our last trip to the grocery store I noticed they had their deli muenster cheese (or ‘monster’ cheese as the boys call it) cut into big blocks. I grabbed [...]

I want an organized clean house! I want it to “look clean” when people are over but thats not what is most important anymore. It needs to be clean looking for ME and it needs to be functional for all of us. For some reason I can’t stop the tops of things from filling up [...]

Our boys love sleeping in their own room and are usually real good about going to bed.  Ben will play with toys for awhile before getting into bed while Ethan will get right into bed and do some drawing before going to sleep.  The problem is that we’re always leaving the light on for them.  [...]

It is COLD out but Jamie’s new thing has been taking off her clothes and diaper ALL THE TIME NOW (well 3 times yesterday seems like all the time to me right now)! I thought maybe it was a sign to start potty training and I got the potty out a few weeks ago [...]