My experience with homeschooling started out just like one of those teeny-bopper Freddy Prinze, Jr. movies. Basically, the guy doesn’t want to date the girl because she wears dorky glasses but a magical crescendo leads to the girl taking off the dorky glasses and all of a sudden he realizes she’s the gorgeous Rachel Leigh […] Read more…
I am so excited to introduce you to a dear friend of mine…Merri Gamble! Merri has graciously accepted to join the team at AGoodTired as a guest writer…this is something that you should be very excited about! She is bringing something new and very needed to AGoodTired : the perspective and wisdom that comes from […] Read more…
Sometimes the daily routine of life with young children needs to be broken up with something unexpected. With a surprise. I love surprises, and I’m assuming that at least one of my 4 kids shares that particular chromosome with me. And there is nothing sweeter than my child knowing that he is both loved and liked […] Read more…
This is a recipe I’ve been making for a little over a year. No, I did not reinvent the wheel here. But this recipe for me was an eye opener. I’ve never in my entire life eaten butternut squash before. I just haven’t. But about a year ago, my husband and I went on vacation […] Read more…
I spend my days at home with 4 precious, young children. Most days are simple. And sweet. Yes, there are squabbles. Yes, there are messes. Yes, going anywhere is an ordeal. But overall, the days are filled with sweetness. Not yesterday. Yesterday was bad. If cameras had recorded what went on inside my house and […] Read more…
I am the proud mother of a wonderful loving threenager. What’s that you say? Oh, well let me inform you. A threenager is basically a living Sour Patch kid. One minute, they are laying on the concrete screaming and next playing happily with their siblings. They are demanding crustless bread and skinless apples in fun shapes, […] Read more…
Emotionally speaking, toddlers make 13-year-old girls seem like rock-solid titans of reason. My own 3-year-old has been “set off” by something as seemingly not-big-deal-ish as finishing her sucker, her shoes being too “match-y” and – my personal favorite – her blanket lovey not being smelly enough. I am now knee-deep in my 3rd toddler, with a 4th following […] Read more…
Do you shop at Publix? Well, I don’t mean to be free advertisement here, but you should. Besides the fact that they are the cleanest store you could ever go to, with incredible customer service, they also have hired sweet old grandmothers to come in twice a week and basically cook an entire meal to […] Read more…
I am in a new phase with my first-born, Rudy. And like every new phase that he goes through, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING. Poor first-borns…they get all of our parenting “firsts” while we get all of their precious ones. The new phase that we are in has to do with homeschooling. I homeschool our […] Read more…
So, it’s Friday. And I don’t know about you, but I plan on hanging out with my hubby and watching a movie on the couch… with popcorn. I ate popcorn all the time growing up. My dad loved it so much, that mom bought him an official movie popcorn maker when I was in kindergarten. […] Read more…