When we repainted our house a few years ago, I was really careful not muck up the walls.  I was always reminding the kids not to touch the walls. Anyone with kids can probably guess how well that went. Back then, I couldn't recognize a losing battle when I saw it, and trust me, this was a losing battle.  Having said that, I've grown a great deal since then and not just in the waistline.  While it took a little while for me to realize that the marks in the walls gave our house character, I see that now.  Looking back on how I tried to protect the freshly painted walls, I feel silly for putting so much weight on something that mattered not.  Fast forward a few years and…

I'm so proud of Emmett because he has taken on his life with glasses and hit the ground running.  I was so afraid that he wouldn't be able to tolerate the glasses and it would become a major battle.  I honestly thought we would be fighting against sensory issues... As it turns out, Emmett loves his glasses and even though right now they are only reading glasses, his eyesight is so bad that they are actually helping.  His prescription glasses will be in next week and he's really excited.  He keeps telling us how much better he can see with his glasses.  He's just too stinking cute.  :-) This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos. I know…

I was wondering if you have any nicknames or petnames for your kids? If so, how did you come up with it? In  our case, Gavin’s nickname was squishy fishy. That came about because of Finding Nemo. I don't remember exactly why, but that's where it came from. Elliott has always been called Doodle Bug. I can't recall why that got started.  Hello parenting fail.  I should probably remember things like that. Emmett on the other hand is a different story.  Until yesterday,  he was called Pickle.  That came out of nowhere. Emmett walked up to Lizze one day and said that from now on, we should call him Pickle.  We were like, okay Emmett. Since he's been wearing his glasses, he looks like a Professor.  So now we've been…

I'm working  really hard to partner with companies that want to provide products for giveaways.  My recent partnership with Idolian means that I will be able to giveaway android tablets on a regular basis.  To me, this is really cool.  My goal has always been to help people.  My hope is that by providing the opportunity to obtain a tablet at no cost, I'm doing just that. I've just started another partnership that will allow me to giveaway accessories for popular devices that are used by people everyday.  My question  is, what kinds of products would benefit your family? Obviously I can't promise I can do that but it will give me a sense of direction.  Off the top of my head, I can envision future giveaways that could provide…