tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-194449 2012-01-23T09:54:29-05:00 The daily chronicles of motherhood, homemaking, life on the farm and trying to find a little time to knit a few rows, sew a few stitches and maybe get my hands dirty in some clay. TypePad mommycoddle/BBGahttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345215ec69e20162fffef206970d 2012-01-23T09:54:29-05:00 2012-01-23T09:54:29-05:00

This is my desk this morning. It's actually a new little space I created for myself in the kitchen. While I try to do a few things this morning, Birdy is bringing me her stash of animals. I can hear her coming now. And she's dragging a xylophone behind her. Eventually, I'll start giving them back to her. "Back" she'll say and toddle with them back to her room. She's so meticulous. Picking up bits of trash and carrying them...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mommycoddle/BBGa/~4/3JzFJO34nNE" height="1" width="1"/>

mommycoddle http://www.mommycoddle.com/2012/01/hello-again.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345215ec69e20162ff17d7d9970d 2012-01-10T16:57:36-05:00 2012-01-10T16:57:36-05:00

I admit, that until recently, I was the kind of person who really disliked this trend of "me time". I sort of rolled my eyes and thought, "Give me a break. You are a mother. This is what you do. There is no break. No vacation. No me time." Like many other (and much less important) things in my life, my approach to motherhood was this: Put your hand to the plough, keep your head down, get the job done....<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mommycoddle/BBGa/~4/mAOI2sSmxIo" height="1" width="1"/>

mommycoddle http://www.mommycoddle.com/2012/01/letting-go-of-the-plough.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345215ec69e20162ff0fb242970d 2012-01-05T15:55:05-05:00 2012-01-05T15:55:05-05:00

1. Over the long weekend Dan skim-coated the kitchen ceiling. I don't know who ever though this was a good idea but at some point in history this textured ceiling must have been THE thing because they're all over our house. The kitchen ceiling was a particularly aggressive form of this texturizing. Curls and whips of plaster big enough to house small spiders and their webs. So now, after scraping it down (thankfully before we moved in) he has put...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mommycoddle/BBGa/~4/yBci9n6Df_w" height="1" width="1"/>

mommycoddle http://www.mommycoddle.com/2012/01/1-over-the-long-weekend-dan-skim-coated-the-kitchen-ceiling-i-dont-know-who-ever-though-this-was-a-good-idea-but-at-some-po.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345215ec69e20168e4daaa19970c 2012-01-02T09:37:03-05:00 2012-01-02T09:37:03-05:00

We've done away with the traditional "Christmas letter" tucked in with our card, in exchange for a family curated "Best of" list.... Happy New Year!! Best of 2010<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mommycoddle/BBGa/~4/w27gyNHELLs" height="1" width="1"/>

mommycoddle http://www.mommycoddle.com/2012/01/the-best-of-2011.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345215ec69e20168e49933d6970c 2011-12-29T10:00:28-05:00 2011-12-29T10:07:10-05:00

Christmas gift-giving was a real challenge for me this year. Even up to the last few days before the holiday I was scrambling for ideas. I was feeling like my kids didn't really need anything. We have plenty of toys. The baby is drowning in three sisters worth of hand-me-downs. Their rooms are totally messy which makes me even less excited to go out and buy more "things" to add to that chaos. But my kids aren't quite at the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mommycoddle/BBGa/~4/mKVZRlBN8Lc" height="1" width="1"/>

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