September 9, 2009 – 4:49 pm
This idyllic picture is not my kid. No, this heartwarming photo of a baby cheerfully looking forward to what his mum serves him looks nothing like the picture of me trying to get food into my baby. The issue is not, however, that Galen refuses food. In fact, Galen seems to greatly enjoy some things. [...]
April 28, 2009 – 10:35 pm
I’m getting this update in late – Galen turned six months old two days ago. But my dad came up for a visit since he wasn’t able to come with my mom after Galen was born, and spending time with Granddaddy (and awesome Daddy) trumped all writing! So I’ll give an update on how things [...]
Though my children do occasionally look like complete ragamuffins I generally prefer that they look nice. I like their clothes to look nice. But children’s clothing can get expensive – especially when you have four children to clothe! And going green with children’s clothing? That can seem prohibitive. Have you seen the cost on organic [...]
February 17, 2009 – 5:25 pm
Our food challenge is done! I’m actually really pleased – it was a great learning experience for me. The health effects for everyone were very nice and the challenge was definitely worth it. Now that we’re done I can say that we’ll stick with the traditional foods style of eating. Not 100% because that’s just [...]
January 12, 2009 – 11:50 pm
I thought I’d share a few pictures from our Christmas Cassidy checking out what’s under the tree (the grandparents overloaded “under the tree” a bit this year :p) Here’s Asher tinkering with his new tools. He’s proud to have gotten “real tools” this year! We gave him the tools with a tool bag along with [...]