I decided to have an impromptu painting day to teach the kids about mixing colors.  So I printed a color wheel off the internet (I love tech...

Well, I thought I would blog about Annie's birthday, but I decided to make a movie instead. Annie likes to feel special.  So I thought a...

Higgle Wiggle First thing after breakfast all the children went the back yard to play.   In the yard, the baby pool was full of water f...

Sometimes when the girls are grumpy, whining or throwing fits, I ask them if they want to play big baby.  I swaddle them in a blanket; feed ...

A few weeks ago I had a Franco-American book binge.  I read Bringing Up Bebe and French Women Don't Get Fat.    Bringing Up Bebe was int...

I attribute our relatively smooth home school days for the past two weeks, and free time for myself to our new chore tags, and parental, no ...

I'm not going to say that I am bad at getting pictures of the children.  It's really that the children are bad at getting ready in g...

I am totally amused at the making of my passport photo: -two side tables -three table lamps -one child sized chair -poster board -mask...

We went to see the Cataldo Mission one Sunday after Liturgy.  It's the oldest building structure in Idaho.  It was built by the Jesuit m...

It's been a busy week of swim lessons and home school. The kids have swims lessons each morning Monday through Friday, and we stay in ...

Ready to Ride This little girl is the worst traveler of our family.   We had to entertain her the whole way.  It was a pain.  Then sh...