Author: Mia
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Thrifting Tips (and a recent haul)
Currently, the girls are at horse camp and Little Man is peacefully napping. …I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble, thou hast known my adversaries… Miracle of miracles, he’s actually spent the entirety of the last three nights in his own bed– it seems the incentive chart Husband crafted is proving effectively motivating.…
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Back to Basics: Strategery for the Sleep-deprived Parent
I’m tired. No, for reals… woefully tired. Husband and I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in a month of Mondays, since a certain Little Someone is back to waking multiple times in the night*. It’s no secret that sleep has been a long-standing struggle under our roof. It seems in our haste to squelch re-occurring night-terrors we’ve…
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Countryside Menagerie
“To see the world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.” -William Blake
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A Simple Star Wars Birthday
A long time (four years) ago, in a galaxy (country) far, far away, a young Jedi was born– one who would bring balance to the force (our family)… Little Man is four today! And officially obsessed with all things Star Wars. Heartbroken when he couldn’t join his sisters at the theater when it first released this past winter (he’s just not there…
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Awakening East – a book review
I’ve just completed the most incredible book that’s left me yearning to pack up my family and move overseas… The premise is this: Along with her husband, the author adopts her children from China. Years later, they return as a family on a radical pilgrimage of sorts, with the aim of immersing the children in their birth…
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Kimchi from the Garden: a Full of Days guest post
Growing a vegetable garden is a family commitment of time and energy… Husband configures and constructs the beds, preps the soil, installs trellises, and lays ground cover. The kids enthusiastically sow the bulk of the seeds, introduce beneficial insects, and lend a hand in the harvest. I enjoy watering daily by hand, monitoring growth, tending weeds, and thinning the crop.…
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A Frequent Picnicker’s Guide to Jellystone
America’s first (and arguably most famous) national park is basically in my backyard: An hour drive, or twenty minutes as a crow flies. Each summer, visitors descend from every corner of the globe to behold it’s splendor. You don’t have to be a geology geek to appreciate it’s raw beauty. Since moving to Montana we’ve become frequent flyers… as locals,…
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Checkout Line Bullies, and other musings
While checking out at Target last week, Little Man was secured in the cart, chattering cheerily, while the girls buzzed about, keeping a reasonable radius. A pair of middle-aged women behind me in line, apparently aghast that my kids were not nearly catatonic enough, grumbled, groaned, and guffawed, and openly ridiculed my parenting with unwarranted hostility. I was aghast, and frankly felt bullied.* Conversely,…
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Independent
Happy Fourth of July! According to my prized, new-to-me set of Encyclopedias, copyright circa 1964, we’re having a very traditional and authentic Independence Day weekend… One year ago on the blog: “Simple Summer Fun: Cooking For Your Family Without Cooking Your House” Two years ago on the blog: “Proud to be an American” Three years ago on the blog:…
