Posted June 13, 2023
In today’s over-scheduled world, it can feel laughable to try and create a Summer Break that is REALLY a break. But I want to encourage you to try! For me keeping our Summer Break as unscheduled as possible started out of pure necessity. It was seven years ago, and I… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted January 26, 2023
The teen years can be the most challenging and frustrating but also rewarding parenting experience that you have. Teenagers are going through so many changes that these years can be very difficult for them in many ways, and it’s up to you to be a steady guiding presence even when… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted December 5, 2022
“You can have a turn when I’m done.” It’s a phrase that is repeated often around here and one that my children learn to say at a young age. In a family with 5 children, one thing my kids all learned to do when they were pretty young was share.… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted November 11, 2022
“Ask before you post” is a rule that started around here about seven years ago. It’s a rule that I think everyone should have, even if they don’t have a public platform like me. While I have been blogging for nine years, I didn’t put up pictures of the Cowkids’… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting
Posted November 8, 2022
As a child, I never participated in any sports. Never. And as I dreamed about my future as a mother, kids who participated in sports weren’t anywhere in the picture. But, as our kids became school-age, I started to dip my toes into what it meant to be a “sports… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Parenting, Prairie Life
