Archive for August, 2007

I’ve taught her well

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Ani told me that she is going to birth her babies at home, nurse them whenever they want and let them self-wean, co-sleep until they are three and then they can stay in her room but not in her bed, and homeschool them. Sounds like she will be a wonderful mother.

Got our Ergo!

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Our Ergo arrived yesterday. Fritz got very excited when he saw me put it on. He’s been happily getting in the one I borrowed from Megan quite regularly over the last few days. I put him on my back while I worked on dinner. It’s quite fun wearing him to do […]

Allowance

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

We give our big kids a dollar a week for allowance. They get to keep 70 cents of it to spend. 10 cents goes to tithing, 10 cents goes to their long term savings, and 10 cents goes to the family mission fund (we match those contributions - up to about $7 now […]

No more gymnastics

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Today was the first day of the first regular 8 week session at the gym where my big kids take gymnastics. Ani had already decided that this would be her last 8 weeks. She starts Irish dancing in about 3 weeks. Cameron wasn’t liking gymnastics much anymore because this summer was absolutely […]

Wearing the baby

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

I like the idea of babywearing, but I’ve never been able to much or past a certain size. Mostly I’ve used slings and baby carriers for when we are out and very little at home. I have found it to be cumbersome to do anything around the house with a kid attached.
Before I […]

My Three Kids

Friday, August 24th, 2007

More of Ani’s bows

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

We liked the first set of bows we got from Five Blessed Bows so much we just had to get her more.

Okay then

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

Last night I was in bed reading and Cameron was laying next to me. He eventually got down on the floor and we had this conversation:
Me: Cameron? Why’d you get down on the floor?
Cameron: It’s more comfortable than the bed.