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“COCK-A-DOODLE-DOOOOOO!”
By
kjackson
This month marks the four-year-anniversary of us moving on to our little five-acre farm. I look back over my “I had never” list: I had never planted a garden I had never raised a chicken I had never raised a rabbit I had never owned a pony I had never eaten a fresh egg I…
Operation Sneaky Santa
By
kjackson
It may seem like it’s not the time of year to think about Christmas, but if you are a parent to small children, this may be the perfect time to give it a bit of consideration. When my children were seven, five and three years my best friend and I did a wild and crazy…
Cookin’ Kids
By
kjackson
Tonight when my husband and I were watching the kids racing their bicycles, we commented yet again on how quickly they are growing. I know that’s a cliche. As soon as an infant pops from the oven, random strangers yell out, “Enjoy them while they’re little! They don’t stay that way very long!”. I am…
Fun Times at the Carousel!
By
kjackson
Here’s another little video clip that made me happy and I hope it makes you happy, too! The children and parents have no idea what is happening when an improvisational theater team (love that!) turn a carousel in to a horse race.
Mom Mystery: Raising Grateful Kids
By
kjackson
Today we spent the day at a very cool aquarium gazing at bubble-like jelly fish, a crazily-playful otter, and ferociously-feeding sharks. My 12-year-old boy–taller than I–wrapped his arms around me in this public place and said, “Thanks, mom. Thanks for bringing us here.” An hour later he repeated the same hug and the same appreciative…
Buggy Bunnies
By
kjackson
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Motivational….Bribes
By
kjackson
Have you ever looked in to your child’s room and wanted to just….SCREAM!? Yeah, me, too. 🙂 It doesn’t take much–just a birthday, or a Christmas, or a day at the fair–to make a child’s room look like it is about to explode with toys, books, stuffed animals, and movies. *Usually* I can control myself,…
Move the Couch!
By
kjackson
Years ago our family packed a 24-foot U-haul truck and moved six states away to a foreign land (South Dakota). Within five months we had returned home to BBQ, Dr. Pepper and messy yards (Oklahoma). But during those five months my husband read a book called “Clutter’s Last Stand” by Don Aslett and it really…
Pet Perfection
By
kjackson
A friend wrote this to me: My children want a pet. They are not old enough to care for one ther own. I do not wish to have the added responsibility of a pet. What would be a good compromise while teaching my children to learn how to care for a pet someday?” Let’s think…
Those Kids of Mine
By
kjackson
My friend told me this story: she was having lunch with her mom and the mother said, “I’m sorry I did wrong by you. I didn’t spend enough time with you when you were little because I was too busy fulfilling my own goals.” My friend said how at first her heart lurched because she was thinking her mom was wishing…
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