Lifestyle

Dreams, Goals, and Habits
It's here! It's here! A shiny new year full of possibilities. Call me an optimist but I love New Year's Day. I have a lot of dreams and ambitions for 2025 so I am going to narrow it down to 10 things.
2 Years of Speech
SJ said her first word just barely over two years ago, when she was three years old. She said "up" and pointed to go upstairs. I freaked out. Just a little bit. From then on [...]
My Loud Dishwasher
Most of my adult life I have been washing dishes by hand. I know it shocking that there are people in AMERICA in the 21st century that do not have dishwashers, but it's true! I [...]

I Dream of Pig Parties

By Natalie|2015-09-25T17:09:52+00:00September 25, 2015|Categories: Frugal Living, My Life, Parties|Tags: birthday party, decorations, Ezie, farm, frugal, horse, kid party, saddle, three little pigs|

"I think I'll combine the boys birthday this year and just keep it really simple because it's going to be so close to when the baby is due." I distinctly remember having that conversation with my family. Z and Ezie's birthdays [...]

Mini Van!? Help!

By Natalie|2015-09-24T09:29:38+00:00September 24, 2015|Categories: My Life, Simple Living|Tags: baby #4, cars, family, four kids, minivan, toyota, vehicle|

What is significant about September 24th? For me it's that my due date is November 24th and that means 2 months from now I will more than likely be holding my baby girl. So things are starting to get real [...]

Breakthrough!

By Natalie|2015-09-21T10:48:27+00:00September 21, 2015|Categories: My Life|

I have a major announcement that has been years in the making. Today is a big day for our family and it makes me so happy to get to share this with all of you. I know that most of [...]

More Laundry Headed My Way

By Natalie|2015-09-18T12:57:56+00:00September 18, 2015|Categories: Babies, Babies & Toddlers, Frugal Living, Natural Living, Parenting Tips|Tags: baby clothes, cloth diapers, detergent, eco nuts, environment, green, laundry, natural, organic, soap, soap nuts|

With a family 5 I do my fair share of laundry, and I am about to do even more. First of all I've got these itty bitty baby girl clothes to wash. Aside from the items I got from Carter's [...]

My #1 Son

By Natalie|2015-09-04T00:02:00+00:00September 4, 2015|Categories: Motherhood, My Life|Tags: 8, birthday, milestones, Z|

There really isn't anything significant about turning 8 and yet somehow Z is changing so much all of the sudden! It really snuck up on me, but I first noticed it when I did my run down of asking [...]

Thoughts From My 7 Year Old

By Natalie|2015-09-03T14:17:01+00:00September 3, 2015|Categories: Family, My Life, Uncategorized|Tags: 7 year old, birthday, look back and laugh, Z|

Tomorrow Z turns 8. This will be the last time I do a post about the funny things he said through the year. He's getting so mature I don't want to embarrass him when he is in 3rd grade and [...]

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