What do you do when there’s no time to make dinner?
I have to admit…I’ve been really spoiled. My daughter has made dinner almost every night for the past eight years. But now she is working full time and has a busy social calendar, so if dinner is going to happen, it’s up to me.
After I had a short pity party for myself, I pulled out my trusty old crock pot: the one that got me through the early years of homeschooling.
I love this crock pot. Once I saw it, I actually got excited about preparing dinner again. And I happened to run across a friend’s pin on Pinterest (thanks, Sue!) featuring chicken tacos. It’s really simple, and calls for just three ingredients:Read On »
The other day, one of my sons was excited to notice I had chosen to dress him in a red shirt with a tractor on the front. Before I could get the shirt over his head, he uttered a couple of pre-verbal squeals, pointed at the tractor, then slid off the bed and ran toward the living room with great purpose.
Simplicity in a game is something that I cherish—a sentiment that is likely shared by anyone with a preschool-aged child! Complicated games that contain countless pieces are much more likely to end up gathering dust on a shelf instead of being frequently enjoyed. I’ve recently discovered a delightfully simple and extremely entertaining game called Hullabaloo.
Every morning I have a big mug of tea with milk and sugar. This particular mug, however, is a toddler magnet, adorned as it is with bright colors and frolicking sheep. As soon as I sit down, I’m swarmed by little boys, who touch the sheep with their fingertips and start jabbering away in what I imagine to be a pre-verbal debate on the tea-drinking habits of blue sheep. Every now and then I try to steer them toward Daddy’s mug with its equally fascinating cows, but I guess they prefer sheep.
