Hulloooo Internets! Have you been wondering where I was? Not to worry, I’m here working hard behind the scenes. Want to know a secret? There are some exciting things on the horizon for Earnest Parenting. I’m working on a new blog design! It’ll be a good 4 weeks before things are finalized, but I can [...]

All the boys playing together nicely: today’s big event was dumping a huge barrel of plastic balls down the stairs and laughing at the thunderous noise. Naomi’s post on a certain reality of life as a pregnant mom (warning language in link). The Manager effecting a truly SPECTACULAR belly flop in the middle of the [...]

After a looooong day that included drama, tears, grumpiness, a smashed cabinet and dented wall I was ready for boys to go to bed.  Hubby handled most of the bedtime routine while I was painting downstairs.  I got called up for prayer time, hugged the boys goodnight, then headed back down to finish my task. [...]

I’m not really strongly invested in the boys learning to write with perfect penmanship.  Between keyboarding and advances in voice recognition software, I figure that actual writing will be a pretty small percentage of their day by the time they’re adults.  Heck, I barely write….most everything I do is typed.  So the only requirement I [...]

‘Round about 4 am local time, I heard the patter of little feet heading my way.  The conversation went like this: Captain Earthquake: Mama, can I sweep wif you? Me: No, honey, you have to sleep in your own bed.  I can’t sleep when you’re in my bed. (We have so gone down this road [...]