Aurelia started Mommy and Me tumbling today! She LOVED it.I have seriously been looking forward to taking our kids to tumbling classes since way before we even had kids. Tumbling and swimming lessons are two things Daniel and I always talked about wanting to make sure our kids have when they're young. We'll start Mommy … Continue reading Tumbling!
Every night we say family prayers together before putting Aurelia to bed. Lately she has started having a tough time sitting still for the prayer so we decided to tweak how we pray a little bit to keep her attention 🙂 We're trying to use short sentences, words she understands fully and to pray about … Continue reading Family Prayers For a Two Year Old
On Sunday of our trip we left San Diego and drove up to grandma and grandpa's house in the Sacramento area. I love going there to visit. It's always a relaxed time. 🙂 Aurelia loved getting lots of grandma and grandpa time and Daniel was excited to have some of grandma's cinnamon jumble cookies (they're … Continue reading California Trip: Part 2, Sacramento
One of our favorite things to do as a family is pick out new books from the thrift store. We have TONS of children's books and we bought most of them for $.25-.75. Board books are usually pretty expensive and Aurelia can't quite handle paper pages yet so it's nice to be able to get … Continue reading Thrift Store
Alright. I've given myself a few days. In fact, I've given myself over a week. Whenever something really upsets me I give myself a few days to calm down, think rationally, and gain some perspective before I respond, blog or facebook about it. This has saved me from saying and doing a lot of stupid … Continue reading In Defense of Birth Moms
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