A couple weeks ago our six-year-old completed her current incentive chart. She made her bed 20 times, which is certainly more than her Mama can claim. {ahem} It was time to celebrate with something special! We asked her to brainstorm a list of things she thought would be an appropriate reward. “Anything?” Just make a [...]
Finer Things Friday: Dining by Candlelight
December 10, 2009
Nearly 3 weeks into Advent, we finally dined by candlelight last night. First it was a matter of finding a decent advent wreath (which I found and have had packed away in the basement for a year and a half). Then, it was purchasing the right candles (finally accomplished that last weekend). Complicating things even [...]
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Finer Things Friday: Dessert
December 4, 2009
** My apologies for the tardiness of this post. My internet went out yesterday. Needless to say, Century Link is not on Santa’s good list right now.** I have to admit that my sweet tooth doesn’t pack quite the punch that it used to. It was nothing for me to down both a full-size Snickers [...]
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Finer Things Friday: I Dare Ya
November 19, 2009
Go ahead. Convince me that children need expensive, automated, entertaining things to be happy. I dare ya. What Finer Things are you celebrating this week? Link up and share with us! If your link is deleted, it’s most likely because you didn’t follow the rules: link to your post (permalink) and not your home page, [...]
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Finer Things Friday: They Know Me Well
November 12, 2009
My birthday is Sunday. Last night at the supper table, my husband innocently asked (in a get-the-kids-all-riled-up kind of innocent) “Mommy, what do you want to do for your birthd…?” Interrupted by an excited six-year-old: “She’s gonna sleep!” After a laugh (because that’s exactly what I plan to do) hubby continued. “Four days…” (until mommy’s [...]
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