Sarah Jones
No Sugar November Follow Up
Well, I succeeded pretty well with making it to Thanksgiving without eating any major sweets, though I did cheat a few times with a handful of chocolate chips or chocolate syrup in my coffee. š¦ The kicker though, was that I was supposed to stop at one piece of pie. I
Smart Baby
The baby is getting smarter. This afternoon, I sneaked into the room to get something during his nap, and found him asleep, head turned toward the door, with his face clearly positioned to see the door through the slats while he was crying.
Nursing a Four Month Old
I sat down with my cup of coffee and sliver of pumpkin pie, ready to enjoy a slow, quiet start to my morning when I heard the baby crying and stirring. āAll is not lost!ā I touted, as I carried my things to the bedroom. After a diaper change, clean
Exercise
Why is exercise and movement so much harder as an adult? What happened to the carefree days of running like the wind or jumping rope for hours with friends? Exercising is absolutely a discipline and itās an important one too. Sometimes itās just as much fun as playing
Early Morning Snuggles
Augustine came upstairs earlier than usual, crying but unsure of what he needed. After settling on the couch, and asking nicely for some ābekfras,ā he proceeded to cheerfully devour a piece of banana bread and a glass of water, chatting away about different ways he wanted to surprise his daddy,
When Things Donāt Go As Planned
Have you ever woken up with one idea for your day that is so strong that when, five or ten minutes later, the day goes a different direction, you just canāt keep up? I had such a day recently. When I went to sleep, I had one child suffering
The Kitchen Floor Needs Mopping
About ten minutes into cleaning the kitchen - which always starts with cleaning counters and stovetop - I had abandoned the basic clean, bypassed the deep clean and gone straight to the spring clean organizing, complete with packing up unused dishes, rearranging dishes and appliances and completely clearing the counterspace
No Sugar November
Iāve been working on losing baby weight for the last three months and overall it is going well, though I suspect itās due to the eagerness with which my baby eats rather than any concerted effort on my part to work hard at building muscle or practicing restraint.
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I am a wife and a mother. My husband and I have five wonderful and active children who keep me busy and provide ample opportunities for sanctification. I homeschool, keep house, cook, bake, clean and generally do my best to keep five little humans alive while also seeking to sneak