When I brought up cloth diapering as an option for our fourth baby, I’m pretty sure everyone I told thought I had lost my ever-lovin’ mind. “All the laundry…” “Do you really save that much money?” “Are you going to have time for that with everything else on your plate?” Our oldest three adorned the traditional store brand diaper full of who-knows-what-chemicals…
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Let Them Be Bored This Summer
I have a proposition. One that may quickly be rejected…but hear me out. In the world of summer camps and paid fun where kids expect to be entertained at every turn, I propose… Let them be bored. Let kids stretch their imaginations. Let them exercise muscles in their mind that have been complacent. Let ideas come from thin air. Let…
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The Truth about Valentine’s Day
I have a confession… Valentine’s Day is my favorite holiday. I’m a hopeless romantic. It is also my sister’s birthday, which makes it extra special in my family (Happy Birthday, Gabby!!) But Valentine’s Day gets a bad rap for being a cheesy Hallmark holiday. Not so, my friends, not so. In an effort to bring some validity to this wonderful…
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The Woman at the Pool
I try to rotate my posts so I write on homeschool, autism, and healthy living somewhat equally (hence my tagline). Every time an autism post is due, I realize my posts get really heavy and meaty. There’s a lot of information and emotion, so for this post I thought, I’m gonna write a light and fluffy kinda autism post. I…
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Pregnancy After Autism
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room: I have two kids on the autism spectrum….and I’m pregnant. I know what some people are thinking – I know because my husband and I have thought the same thing. What if… Well, for the next three years we really won’t know that answer and all we can do is rest in…
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