Be Here Now

Source: etsy.com via Jen (QuatroMama) on Pinterest   I remember when the boys were tiny and we were so anxious for them to sleep through the night. Sometimes I miss those quiet moments in the middle of the night when I didn’t rush back to bed, but held them a little longer in the darkness. …

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We Missed Four Years of Crying Santa Pictures for This…

Believe it or not our soon to be five year olds {insert panic} have never sat on Santa’s lap until this year.  Between RSV lock downs when they were little and not putting a huge emphasis on Santa in our home, it’s just never happened until we had the opportunity last month at the Christmas …

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The Hugging Punishment

The spanking debate is so 2011. Hugging is new school. When you’ve had all you can handle with arguing, bickering, and fighting between brothers – make them HUG. It might seem controversial. Perhaps a tad cruel and unusual to some, highly affective, nonetheless. Hugging for harmony. Bet you’ve never seen THAT in a parenting book …

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Making Christmas Memories in Downtown Indianapolis

These boys are eating up Christmas this year! It’s the perfect age to make lasting memories during this season, and we’re trying to do just that!  This weekend we took in some of the downtown Indianapolis highlights including Christmas at the Zoo, the Monument Circle Lights, and several of the Circle City displays. We bundled …

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Silly Strawberry Smiles {Target $100 Gift Card Giveaway}

Have you taken a look at your child’s toothpaste ingredients lately? I know I haven’t…just getting the task of tooth brushing x4 once or twice a day is enough to keep me occupied.  However, Tom’s of Maine recently challenged our family to do the “Silly Strawberry Swap” and replace our current toothpaste with their natural …

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Black Friday vs. Cyber Monday – What’s Your Pick?

I went Black Friday shopping for the first time in my life this year.  My sister and I tackled Walmart and Kohl’s and lived to tell about it… Parking in a parking lot down the road because the entire lot was full, fighting the mobs like a sporting event, no shopping carts, digging through stashes …

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Thankfulness We Can Hold On To

I was brought to tears today by a friend who had to say goodbye to her newborn daughter.  I read her words about saying goodbye to her little frame in her last hours and it shakes me, it breaks my heart, and it forces me to once again give thanks. We thought we were saying …

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Sledding in Spirit

Indiana had it’s first snow last week.  It was coming down like mad in this picture, you just can’t see it. It barely covered the ground by the time it finished, a thin layer of powder. However, the lack of measurable snowfall did not dampen the spirits of these four boys to see the first …

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