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November 2015

November 11, 2015

How fancy are we?

We're so fancy, our leather couch has built-in cup holders for my evening wine. ...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

12+ Scary Movies Our Kids Loved (including at least 5 “hells” and 2 “bollocks”)

By Screenshot from "Internet Archive" of the movie Dracula (1958) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons...

October 05, 2015

The lady was sad, and MAD. (We showed the kids an opera!)

My kids' experience with opera comes entirely from Bugs Bunny, and we really wanted them to...

August 2015

August 28, 2015

What’s for supper? Vol. 2, now with link up!

What's for supper? So glad you asked! Last week, I said: While I’m no cooking...

August 24, 2015

How to organize lots of shoes and water bottles, plus a love letter

The main reason we home schooled for six years was because home schoolers don't have...

August 07, 2015

10 rules while I’m in Wichita

Far from this opera for evermore. Actually just for the weekend, for the Midwest Catholic...

June 2015

June 05, 2015

7 video games, reviewed by my kids

Hey, who wants to talk about SOMETHING ELSE? How about vidya games? My kids play...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

The Rubberbandians

Or, Why You Should Have a Bunch of Weird Kids and a Giant Dog. I had...

May 18, 2015

Yes, I want to see your scary toe.

My son goes, "Want to see my scary toe?" Oh man, what now? I think....

April 2015

April 27, 2015

This and that, baby pics, and a baptism!

Today, I hope to get caught up on emails. I'm sorry to say I pretty...

April 20, 2015

We would have been a loving family . . .

. . . if there had been somebody there to take pictures of us every...

April 15, 2015

Let’s play “What Didn’t I Notice Sticking to My Ass Today?”

In yesterday's thrilling installment, a desperate woman stopped on the way home from school, left...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

I refuse to worry about what my kids eat for dinner.

Today, I'm making Zuppa Toscana. When I share recipes I'm trying, people often ask, "Will...

March 11, 2015

Happy two weeks, baby Corrie!

Two weeks old! Here is Corrie having a little snuggle and a big yawn: ...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

O mother, what is it to be a man? Sex ed at the Fishers

On the way home from a Scooby Doo birthday party, my punky little daughter suddenly...

January 23, 2015

Mom, we’re out of salted butt.

I finally got around to taping a note pad to the refrigerator, so people can...

January 02, 2015

Epiphany, you’re on your own.

"Keep that tree up until Epiphany!" they keep saying. "It's still Christmas, you know! Don't...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

How to make your Halloween magnificent!

Our founding fathers didn't die face down in the mud of Vietnam only to see my...

October 23, 2014

These 3D printable masks could save Halloween.

Halloween is in eight days. So far, I have (a) ordered one light blue hoodie...

October 01, 2014

Why Benny doesn’t walk the dog

As imagined by my nine-year-old: My husband pointed out that, while the...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

In which I narrowly avoid Jesus Juking the heck out of you

Back in the spring, I said to myself, "This is the year! This is the...

September 16, 2014

What are you doing for catechism this year?

For the older kids, in 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th grades, I give up. Wait,...

September 12, 2014

Yes, your kids can pack their own lunches. BUT . . .

You really do want to check them before they leave the house. Not that there...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

How to make a shelf in, like, two minutes

1. Get a milk crate, find a strong clothes hanger, force the arms of the...

August 22, 2014

The Case for Siblings: Why Having a Baby Is Good for Your Other Kids

[This post originally ran at Faith and Family Live in 2010, when I was pregnant with #8....

August 14, 2014

At the Register: Lessons from the ER

--One of the greatest functions of the ER is to illustrate for your children why...

August 11, 2014

“Pop! Out comes the corpse!” or, fun with the Fishers

Our summer library reading program ended not with a bang, but a howl, then a...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

I’m so proud/horrified (#13 is my favorite)

The other day, this appeared on the bathroom door: It was written by...

July 17, 2014

At the Register: To serve your parents

Late afternoon finds me slaving over a hot Facebook page, gorging on a smorgasbord of...

July 04, 2014

Seven Quick Takes: In Which Benny Meets Her Match

And we’re home from camping! Or, "camping." Whatever, you tent-loving masochists. It was rustic...