By , on February 3rd, 2011

Two Tots=Too Hard To Keep Up (Translation- Gabe and Naomi)

My friend Karen asked me to keep an eye on her little boy, Gabe this past Tuesday. I love to have Gabe over, he’s as cute as a button, and Naomi adores him, but I couldn’t help but smile as I recalled the last time he visited. When he followed Naomi up the stairs Tuesday morning, I realized that I should have reinforced the foundation before they started playing…

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By , on February 1st, 2011

The Cleaning Crew

In my earlier days of being a mom, I had many ideas related to parenting that age, time, and family growth have turned upside down. One of those ideas was about house cleaning. I think that the fact that our home was small, our children were young, and there weren’t very many of them; made me think that I could handle cleaning the house by myself. I was also …Read More

By , on January 29th, 2011

Sam and the Snowman Cupcakes

Yesterday was Sam’s turn to bring the special treat for school. As Engelsma is quite close to the beginning of the alphabet, our last treat day was back in September, around the same time that I was flipping through magazines in the dentist’s waiting room, while he drilled and filled all our holey teeth. On one such occasion, I found these completely creative looking apple cupcakes which worked out …Read More