Last night, I crawled in the bottom bunk to read to Ada. She picked three books like always, a rule we took from one of our favorite stories, Olivia. We read The Giving Tree by the warm glow of twinkle-lights wrapped around the bed frame. It’s one we’ve read many
This post was written by Amanda Hervey. Be sure to visit her new blog, Amanda In Real Life, for her latest adventures. Kids, since you’re both sound asleep, let me whisper a little secret to you: I have no idea what I’m doing. I see how you could be confused.
My five-year-old, Ada, is a sensitive, creative girl. She spends most of her time in the loft area we converted to an art room. I try to keep all sorts of random supplies out within her reach because she likes to tinker and make but more than anything, she likes
It’s 5 AM and I’m wide awake. Being a Golden Girls fan, I think of this as the Cheesecake Hour; that point when you wake up in darkness and you have to snack the worry away. I don’t have any cheesecake. Instead I have a horrible barking cough and a