People almost always exclaim in amazement when they hear I have eight children. The comments usually run along these lines:You are so brave. (whatever that means - I talked about what I think about that statement here.)You must be busy. (really? I thought that's what being a mom whether you have one, two, eight or …
This has been a busy week with what seems like an abnormal amount of errands. As well, the baby has taken to nursing a lot at night which leaves me functioning on partial brain capacity during the day. I usually like to get up an hour before the children. The house is quiet and I …
This has been a fairly productive week not just for me but for the baby too. He's started to take a few independent steps here and there. It's so hard to believe that a year ago we were afraid he would be premature, and now he's twenty-six pounds and getting ready to take off …
The other day I woke up with this song going through my head... Anywhere With Jesus Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go, Anywhere He leads me in this world below; Anywhere without Him dearest joys would fade; Anywhere with Jesus I am not afraid. Refrain: Anywhere, anywhere! Fear I cannot know; Anywhere with Jesus …
This has been a fantastic week. The first part of it we were still on vacation. We had a wonderful time away and came back feeling renewed. One thing we did while away was to sit down together as a family and write a family mission statement. This is something that describes who …
Another great week. School - for some reason sadly unknown to me - is going so smoothly this year. I've thought about it a lot and have come up with two possible reasons for this. First, my second son has always had a problem focusing. This slows him down in his schoolwork which frustrates him. It …
This has been a good second week of school. I signed up for a blogging event where I have to visit about 50 other blogs and about 50 bloggers visit me. Wow! I've been busy visiting, commenting, learning and having fun. If you check out my post "School and Grace" you'll see that I've been …
It's been a great back-to-school week - I think our best ever. We've started a new routine and new chore chart. I don't know if that accounts for how well everything has gone, but it's been good. We also had our first (of what we hope is many) hikes in the Rouge River Valley. We left …
I'm very excited to introduce a guest writer today - Amber Schonhaar Nickerson, my sister-in-law. Amber had twins six years ago, and I asked her to share her experience in nursing twins. Her story proves that although things may not go as we wish, we can still find a way to do the very best …
While thinking back over my nursing experiences and writing these posts this week, I realized that I have had relatively few problems. I've generally had an easy time feeding my babies after the first two to three weeks. Obviously I won't be covering every challenge you could encounter in your breastfeeding experience - just some of …
Intentional Simplicity 