Yesterday my three and five year old girls joined me at the milking stand. “I want a turn!” they each announced. You see, I had our Alpine goat, Pop tart, up on the milking stand. She was out enjoying pasture earlier in the day when I noticed her udders and teats looking kind of full. […]
Category: parenting
Life, death & kids…
Country life is full of life and death encounters. It’s one of the great perks of farm living in my opinion. Some would disagree I suppose but either way it brings perfect “teaching moments” for the kids.
And then there was one…
For months a certain someone has been begging to go to her sister’s school. You see we read in the newspaper about how PreK screenings were being done before the holidays and at the mention she was insistent on going. I was open to the possibility but very sure she’d change her tune as soon […]
It’s oddly quiet…
Things are in transition again. It’s very quite here in the mornings and oddly, I’m feeling a touch of calmness. Could it be that we are forging a new yearlong routine? Is it just that I’m down to juggling two kids during this time? Is it because needs are being better met in our new […]
Goodbye Evansville, Hello farm life…
The countdown has begun! We are moving away from city life and going to live in the country in 9 days. Things are wrapping up, Everly’s got her last three days of Montessori school this week and Nathan only has 8 days of work left. We are squeezing in last minute health appointments, play dates […]
Infographic: The Straight Poop & Musings on toilet training
I’m elated! Adalyn has had two dry nights in a row! Yep, this is a post about toilet learning. Adalyn has been on the road to being diaper free for quite some time. She’s 2.5 years old now and is mostly dry and clean during the day. She’s only had a few accidents while out […]
Owned parents: Leaders of the crazy train and sometimes the best birth control ever!
I’m normally pretty good at solo parenting outings but they really don’t happen often. We all very much prefer to stay home in our PJs… After you read this you’ll understand why. My kids are experts on “packing their bags” with necessities and snacks for outings. Everly is such a pro at it that if […]
If you want another baby…
Life with kids sure keeps things entertaining! I’ve always heard others mention this but you never really understand it until your kids are blowing your mind… My favorite line this month is… “If you want another baby you guys can lay together and connect your parts…” Everly casually informs us over dinner when her baby […]
How does anyone with an actual job have time to do all of these crunchy things?!
A while back I was the target of some crunchy flaming, as some of you know. Apparently people don’t believe I actually do all the crunchy things I’ve written about and shared here on the blog and it became this debate/ venting session for all of them. Anyway, one of the comments made was… Does […]
I am in labor now!
Yes, I’m blogging in labor. While I’m not live streaming the birth this time (hospital birth remember?), I know everyone is waiting to hear about the labor developments so I’ll update you while I am here at home laboring before we head to the hospital. Labor began this morning (39 wks & 3 days pregnant) […]
On severe weather and babies being born…
It is looking to be a super weird day! BOTH girls slept in our room last night. They were so restless & anxious they couldn’t fall asleep, even after some warm magnesium “tea” (aka Natural Calm) and some time to unwind in their room. Eventually we let them come to our room where they didn’t […]
“Crunchy hate” and flaming, how do you deal during the holidays?
Each time around the holiday season a number of people in my crunchy circle (what the hell is “crunchy” Talina?) find themselves upset when trying to mesh with non-crunchy loved ones that are often downright rude and generally not accommodating. Year after year I hear about… People that insist on hosting a holiday celebrations but whom […]
The pregnancy home stretch is here! 36 weeks pregnant and counting…
We had our first chance of dusting snow last night/ this morning out here in southern Indiana. The girls are bummed there isn’t any to play in or build a snowman with this morning but the event is significant because it means winter temperatures are now upon us. I am excited for winter because it […]
A look at the wedding though one of our photographer’s eyes…
For the wedding we knew we needed to secure as many photos of the event as we could, but we didn’t have the budget for thousands of dollars for a wedding photographer, plus we weren’t really looking for someone to provide us with prints of the photos from the wedding… So we hunted around for […]
The post where my 1yr old tried to touch a wild deer…
Our wedding week is underway. We’ve survived the 15+ hour travel day that began at 2:30 am, the rental car fiasco that stranded us and while spending some time settling in at our cozy cabin in the pine forest just south of Flagstaff, AZ we had some special encounters with nature.
Exciting things are happening around these parts…
Exciting things are happening around these parts, not that we need anymore excitement as we speed towards our wedding day, mostly unprepared. Time is flying by fast right now! Anyway, on to the excitement to share…
Two peas in a pod & what we’ve learned about behavior and gluten
Everly and Adalyn are growing so darn fast. Everly turns four this weekend and Adalyn will be two in two months. They are still just blowing our minds each day, in various ways. Everly is a great big sister but she really does have her annoyed big sister moments too. Man, do I remember feeling […]
Milestones and upcoming excitement in 2013
This week has been a milestone week for Everly & Adalyn. They are now playing together, like actually both enjoying the same thing… And they are cooperating. As opposed to parallel play or Adalyn simply undoing everything Everly is trying to do. This is a welcome development. Adalyn has also discovered the joys of trying […]
Everly flies solo for Montessori preschool today!
My baby girl went to school on her own for the first time today. *tear* Addie and Mommy had to drop her off and come back home since Addie has a nasty tummy bug (aka purging from both directions) and a fever. Everly didn’t even seem to care… I am amazed, surprised and very proud […]
Splashes, Sprouts and Zzzz Make The Highs & Lows List Today.
Today was the epitome of highs and lows for us. On the high side, 17 month old Adalyn slept through the night for the first time since 11/12/12. Back in November she only slept through the night a few times then we all got sick and that ended because what sick baby doesn’t need cuddles and to […]