I remember my very first Mother's Day, that one where I had my first son growing inside of my tummy. It felt so weird to even give myself the title of Mom, and I'd smile awkwardly and blush a lot when people would wish me a Happy Mother's Day. It kind of felt like I... Continue Reading →

Have you ever gone back and visited a place that was a huge part of your life, but you had forgotten a lot about it until you found yourself walking the very paths of that same place? Last week I took my kids to a 'learn all about the salmon life cycle' science class at... Continue Reading →

I sliced open the third apple of the snack hour and began removing the core and the skin for the picky eaters at my table. Suddenly there it was, staring up at me. A tiny little seed inside the apple had sprouted, and a little apple tree was already in the beginning stages of its... Continue Reading →

I didn't know your duvet could literally disintegrate and explode inside your zipped up duvet cover... until yesterday. Perhaps I had been a little suspicious from time to time due to a random floating feather. Also, why was the bottom of the blanket so fluffy when the middle was so flat? It must just be... Continue Reading →

"Mom, I barf all over my Spider-man pillow. All over it Mom, so much barf!" The barf notification. I'm a night sleeper, it's when I like my sleep to occur, and when I try to make my sleep occur... but that phrase will most assuredly make me shoot out of my bed in the midnight hours... Continue Reading →

It was the verse of the day on my Bible App, and I had also just read it in a real 'Bible with paper pages' that morning. It was rolling around in my head and I thought, "I'm probably going to be needing to apply these words at some point today... And the rest of... Continue Reading →

The most challenging space issue about living in 800 sq. feet with 6 people has been the absence of a table that we can all fit around. Until now. It's finally here. Some good things have to be waited for extra long, just so you really can savour how good they are. I've scavenged our... Continue Reading →

He works steadily stuffing 6 pillows and 4 blankets into a heap between the two couches. To me, it looks like a ginormous pillow and blanket explosion that I'm going to be tripping over in about 20 minutes after it's been abandoned. To him, it's a carefully constructed avalanche that he will soon attempt to... Continue Reading →

My Aunt and Uncle used to come every Easter to stay with us when I was a kid. I loved that, and I loved them, but I also really loved the full size crisped-rice solid chocolate bunny that they brought with them, FOR ME. We'd have a slow savour your coffee and muffin morning and... Continue Reading →

  Up until a few years ago I had only seen part of one Star Wars movie. I know. Gasp. Since I'm a film narcoleptic by trade, I fell asleep in my one viewing, and I awoke to a scene where I was pretty convinced a llama had been light sabered open to be used... Continue Reading →