What children teach us

  Isn’t that the truth?! Hat tip to BabyDickey for the cute baby quote! I pinned a bunch of mom-quotes on Pinterest, where, by the way, I’ve been havinng too much fun. As the…

Those jeans are workin’ for ya!

I went to a Girlfriends’ Night Out with some friends a while ago where Kathy Lipp (author of The Marriage Project and The Husband Project) spoke. She talked about keeping…

A giveaway winner (just in time for Christmas)

Congratulations to Eric at Happy Birthday Author, who was commenter #14 on my giveaway post, and who won the pack of three of my children’s books! (Eric, I’ll send you a…

A quick favor to ask

Hey friends,  I’m just popping in to ask a quick favor… I found out this morning that two of my picture book manuscripts qualified in a writing contest. The publisher that’s…

How to avoid becoming a crank

Tahoe, CA. “Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.” ~Henri Bergson It was winter and we were heading up to the snow for the day with…

Our first pumpkin patch sunset

I looked at the calendar last week and realized it was already almost the end of October… and we hadn’t gone to the pumpkin patch yet! With two soccer tournaments…