by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
November is National Adoption Month in which we remember the over 101,000 children waiting in foster care and hoping for placement with families. Every Thursday in November in honor of National Adoption Month I will host Throwback Thursday here at The Blended Life....
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
She half ran half skipped through the pouring rain carrying what appeared to be a body bag. When she burst through the front door she shimmied from her backpack, kicked her shoes off without hands and shrugged her coat from her body arm by arm before sprinting the...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
I wrote this post back in May after hearing my girls playing, but did not publish it because I wondered if other parents would connect. In light of the Time article “The Childfree Life” back in August and the many fruitful discussions that have come from...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
‘Twas the night before school and all through the house not a child was stirring not even my preschooler. (To be honest I just put him to bed for the third time.) Its 0 days. No more days to prepare. Its – as my kids say – go time. Today we had our last...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
This morning after breakfast I lugged the iPad over to the table and pulled three chairs to one side, all while coaxing three very sleepy eyed kids to watch something important (no its not a cartoon). Just watch this I said (no its not a video of you). Its a...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
It’s hot. And when it’s hot outside, my kids hibernate inside. My non-loving-reading ten-year-old becomes a reader when it’s sweltering. If I find the right book and the temperature hits the right degree, the only place for her is downstairs in the coolest room...
