So yesterday was a fun day for us here at Earnest Parenting. We spent our first day as a family at an amusement park. After a slow start, a good time was had by all. Certain individuals came home with mild sunburn, and after an extremely late night I’m letting everyone sleep in. Shhhhhhhh! Don’t [...]

Good Friday, Internets! For todays Fun For Your Friday edition, I’m enjoying a slightly cooler day and a cute picture of the boys at the beach last summer. Or was it the summer before? I forget. Guess we’d better get to more beaches this year, eh? Welcome to the July 9, 2010 edition of fun [...]

Happy almost 4th of July, Internets! It’s a beautiful weekend here in the land of Earnest Parenting, we’re looking at sunny days and time with family celebrating America’s birthday. My smile for this Fun For Your Friday is this: a special thank you to all the soldiers and veterans out there giving so much to [...]

Hubby walked into the basement yesterday, leaned down and whispered in my ear: “Call The Mercenary and when he says ‘yes’, you say ‘nothing’.” I have to admit, Internets, that I found this very confusing.  Was I to say nothing?   Or to say “Nothing”?   Soooooo, I said, “Hey Mercenary.” He said, “What?” I said, “Nothing.” [...]

Welcome again to Friday, Internets! I’m still here, plugging along after 3 straight days of physical therapy. And may I say…ouch? As well as….this isn’t really fun? One of my assignments is to try and bend the Knee That Will Not Bend by strapping on an ankle weight and letting gravity help me along. I [...]

Hullo Friends! I’ve shared several fun stories over the last several Fun For Your Friday editions, and realized yesterday that it’s time for a picture. This one makes me smile, so I though you’d like it too. Don’t you think Captain Earthquake is just adorable with the puppy? This shot was taken late last summer [...]