Setting: In Korea, sitting down to lunch with our guide while visiting my birth city. Me (talking about one of Patrick’s past co-workers): I had never thought about Koreans being adopted into other countries besides the U.S. It was so weird to see a Korean open her mouth and speak with a Danish accent. Our...
Potato recipes anyone? We have lots of red potatoes and yukon gold potatoes.
When my first two were little, I was part of a moms group that spent a year going through a curriculum that drove home the point that moms needs to protect who they are—their identity before kids. There are lots of ways to do that but one that I have been really good about is...
About twice a year, we head out to buy the majority of our meat for the next 5 or so months. I’d tell you where but we really don’t go there for the deal as much as the smorgasbord afterwards. (And they don’t look at your weird when you ask for 60 pounds of chicken). ...
The great thing about being author and editor of your own blog is that you do whatever you want kind of in a vaccuum. The bad thing about being author and editor of your own blog is no one is critiquing your work to stretch you and refine your writing. I’m so thankful for Maggie...
Adoption books can be intimidating. They’re often long and wordy. If you are reading as part of your training, they’re like drinking from a fire hydrant because they cover so many topics to accomodate all the types of adoptions, children, and parenting styles. Mostly likely half the book won’t apply to you but you’re not...
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
Because I can only think about cold things since the lo temp in these parts has been past years’ average high, this seemed like a great time to catch up on some sharing some photos from February. Can you say all you can taste samples?!?!