On Vacation

We are in Iowa this week visiting family. Although I’m not sure we would ever leave the great state of Texas, I love coming home to Iowa. Things seem to move more slowly here, and there is something about the picturesque view of Iowa fields and farmhouses that make me long for a quieter existence. This [...]

Operation Fun mom Progress Report

Ok,  so I didn’t accomplish too many of my fun mom goals this week but I did make it a point to sit down and play a few board games with my children, and read more stories together. My real goal is just to participate more in actual “play” with them. I want them to [...]

Operation Fun Mom

I am not exactly what I would call “the fun mom” sure, I spend time with my children, we read, hang out, watch movies together yadda yadda yadda. But I don’t really play with them. This realization has hit me recently, and as I sit her typing while I listen to them, the guilt is [...]