OH MAN! We needed some chore charts around here. I mean, Peyton and Ella DO chores, like cleaning their room and their bathroom and a bunch ...

If you've read my blog for more than a day and a half, you probably have at least a small idea of how I feel about bugs. To recap: I kin...

Ella appears in the living room with two of her favorite stuffed animal puppies and declares, "Ummmm...Mommy, I'm going to stay in ...

Weekend nights are a free-for-all around here. The kids count down until Friday night because that means they get to sleep together in Peyto...

TUESDAY: The Toilet Song Here's the brand-new song Peyton learned at school. (Thanks, recess friends!) And taught to Ella on the 15 minu...

Here's a brief rundown of the Friday Mystery Reader program in Peyton's kindergarten class. At Parent Night a few weeks ago, parents...

In California, where I used to live, there are 0.0002 bugs per capita . I totally haven't done any research on that. But I know. I KNOW....

So we're in the middle of eating dinner. Ella declares, "Be right back!" She jumps off her chair and disappears into her room....

Peyton, Ella, and I read together every night. Dream World: I tell my sweet, well-behaved children to go pick out a story. They each choose ...

James: "Where are all the scissors?" Me: "In the pile of magazine stuff on the floor." James: "Seriously? On the fl...

My warning to you: Don't buy your kids kazoos unless you have already made yourself an appointment at a Kazoo Relief Spa, or at the very...

Getting Rid of the Binkies: Take 1 I had always known that when Ella turned 3, we would get rid of her pacifier habit. We only let her use h...

When we first moved into this house, we were thrilled that the previous owners had decided to leave a backyard playset behind. It had a slid...