Whew! We made it to Friday. I have updates and developments to share, but for today let’s just think happy thoughts, shall we?
My weekly giggle: Last night all the boys and the dog went out and played in the rain. When they came in soaking wet I insisted that people shower. [...]

Welcome again to Fun For Your Friday! This week, FFYF has officially become a blog carnival. See below for some hi-stinkin-larious submissions. First, here’s my giggle for the week. Back when we first got the puppy, we knew that there would be a few messes along the path to housebreaking. So, [...]

Hullloooooo, Friends!
I’m heading off to do some sewing this weekend; one of my favorite activities. Just think: hour upon glorious hour in front of my sewing machine!
The heart sings in anticipation.

So…how about you? Anything fun planned for this weekend? Share with the group! How about you play along on Fun [...]

Today at Earnest Parenting all the females are lying around recovering. I’m still down with the knee injury (MRI tomorrow! hooray!!!) and the puppy got fixed yesterday. Although I think it’s safe to say she’d tell you she got broken. Everything was fine, then we took her to the bad place, [...]

The following conversation took place between Hubby, The Mercenary, and me recently:
Hubby walks up behind the boy and grabs his hand. Being that everyone in this house has to be a tough guy, he squeezes.

The Mercenary: squeals like a little girl Ow, ow, ow, that hurts!
Hubby and I: look at boy
Me: You know what [...]

We’re in the middle of a winter storm warning here at Earnest Parenting. I think I’ll take the opportunity to have a snow day (right after I work with the older boys on the research papers they’ve been avoiding for too long).
There are enough cameras lying around this house that I think we can [...]