Let’s Do 52! Books
I remember reading this article about a year ago when it first appeared. I saved it because I liked it that much. I knew I’d want to refer back to it someday. Well today is the day. How to get your kid to be a fantastic reader I remember...
Let’s Do 52! Brave
Babies are amazing, aren’t they? They go from being tiny and helpless and relying on you for every single aspect of life to, within about a year, standing up and walking across the room. I get excited over milestones and I think most if not all parents do. I...
Let’s Do 52! Puzzling
We have entered the world of puzzles and board games. I remember back 4 years ago, while trying to entertain Andrew with rattles, balls, and stuffed toys for hours on end, thinking toys were miserably boring. Thankfully the toys have greatly improved over the last few years to the...
Let’s Do 52! Firsts
First airplane ride, first college football game, first time seeing mountains, first time seeing snow, seeing where Daddy went to college. This past weekend was full of firsts for my kiddos. They got to do things that I (short of the first airplane ride) didn’t get to do until...
Let’s Do 52! Just Because
I’ve tried to tell a story of life in our family. I tried to tell it through the eyes of my kids but it quickly evolved into my interpretation of life for all of us. This week was a pretty “blah” week in our lives. Work, school, feed people,...
Let’s Do 52! Friendship
Once upon a time, not terribly long ago, there were two families. The families were friends who lived near one another and attended the same church. The families shared a unique connection by being God Parents to each others children. Way back when, one mom gave birth to a...
Let’s Do 52! In Training
Can you even imagine how happy this makes me? BOTH of my kids think cameras are cool! So cool in fact that in an entire bucket of dumped out toys, Allison went for Andrew’s digital camera and only the camera. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery right? Well...
Let’s Do 52! Growing Up
Once upon a time, in those days before I had children, my concept of busy was 3 loads of laundry instead of 2 (TWO! Can you imagine?!?!) or needing to vacuum and swiffer the floors. Gone are those days. But that’s okay, life is more exciting now too! So...
Let’s Do 52! Smashing
It’s the milestones that make me think about what wasn’t supposed to happen. Or at least, was very unlikely to. As I’ve mentioned in the past, Allison is a perfect example that ordinary miracles (or extraordinary in our hearts and minds) happen every day. Allison, the baby doctors said...
Let’s Do 52! Sharing
It’s birthday central around here! It’s also back to school central. So between those two things I’ve gone through about 18 pages of to-do lists over the last week. We’re one party successfully in the memory book with one to go. I usually try to mentally plan out my...