November 15, 2022 Shifting Time, Adapting Traditions Yesterday a notification from my calendar app popped up on my phone. It read, “Pearson Family Thanksgiving at Mom & Daddy’s.” It was an old recurring appointment I’d just never deleted. I guess I hoped we’d restart it someday. The recurring day was [...]
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Pumpkin Memories [...]
Chore Chart Revisit October 25, 2022 In our home we have a chore chart. It has had several looks and undergone several overhauls as the children grew. It isn’t an assignment chart. It’s an extras chart. The current look is a board Christina bought for her 18th birthday party and [...]
Encouragers: The Chaos Of Joy Mother October 9, 2022 I’m sitting at the desk at gym, taking payments and checking liability waivers for our open gym one Friday at noon (every Friday noon to 1pm is Open Gym – basically, allow your kiddos to expend all their energy just before [...]
“I Broke My Leg” – and other shenanigains September 30, 2022 (timewarp from August 30, 2022) To say that our home is never dull is a severe understatement; something funny, outrageous, interesting, or unbelievable is happening all day every day and if it appears to be calm, someone will make [...]
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Now, though... I understand the insane shock that caused by parents not to jump with joy when I showed off my ring and announced I was engaged. #TotalAndCompleteShock [...]
I love watching the younglings do something new; why I love just walking and exploring. We can always find something to enjoy when we slow down and ignore the overbearing stresses of life. Take a break. Make yourself take a break. [...]
What to do with bouncy kids over summer? #WGVGymnasticsCamp [...]