A Niece is Born 17 Jan 2012 | 05:59 am

April 2011 Our friends, Monique and Dan come to our house for dinner.  I tell them I have "big news" and proceed to brag about the musty antique player piano that I proudly purchased from a local est...

Resistance 4 Dec 2011 | 12:28 pm

He doesn't walk.  Those kids in the distance?  They walk.  One even took his sweet time doing it, but eventually, he became upright.  This one?  He doesn't play by the rules.  Sure, walking is eas...

finding pecky 4 Nov 2011 | 03:58 am

Weight loss.  A sore subject that's been a battle since motherhood.  I used to be a skinny kid.  I was also a skinny teenager. The girl you secretly hated because I ate ice cream for breakfast and sti...

It is Fall 15 Oct 2011 | 09:51 am

So I broke another blog-promise.  I think I'm back though, for real.  It's warmer inside and even the kids agree that playing toys indoors beats the cool fall wind in their face and having to wear lon...

terrible blogger 12 Jul 2011 | 05:23 pm

Remember me? Hey y'all.  Nope, haven't forgotten about the blog.  I'm just that lazy.  Really, after the first month of missing regular posts, I got overwhelmed with the idea of catching up.  But a ....

don't tell me what to do 12 Apr 2011 | 11:05 pm

Welcome to the April Carnival of Natural Parenting: Compassionate Advocacy This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Code Name: Mama and Hobo Mama. Th...

Hiatus 12 Apr 2011 | 05:31 am

Sorry, y'all,  I've been a bad blogger.  It's hard to bring myself to sit at the computer and tell stories when it's 75 degrees outside and beautiful.  Team Turner has been spending our days in the su...

wordless wednesday 24 Mar 2011 | 05:10 am

Friendly Reminders 23 Mar 2011 | 02:55 am

Dear Ben, Waiting for me to come get you in the morning is a very nice gesture.  I am thankful that you do this.  Just remember, while waiting in your room, if you happen to find a container of Vasel...

Half Birthday 18 Mar 2011 | 05:35 am

To my Biggest Little One, It's been six whole months since you joined us.  Thank you, by the way, for deciding on the 17th to come out.  You were getting pretty big and it was hot.  In some ways, I'm...