Travelingjenny
Navigating the hilly terrain of motherhood
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A friend recently sent me an article from a 1955 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine, entitled: “The good wife’s guide.” This seems to have been intended as a sort of primer on how a housewife should behave upon her husband’s arrival home from work. Clearly, I would have been an absolutely terrible wife in 1955:…
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Tess recently decided that it is more fun to toss her food off the tray than it is to actually eat the food. We take this to mean that she is no longer hungry, so we take away her food and remove her from her seat. Then she attempts to climb up onto my lap,…
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This New Year’s Eve, we started a family tradition of a Yule Log celebration. For us, this simply meant sitting by the fire together and talking about our wishes for the new year, then tossing a sprig of holly into the flame. Adam and I had pretty standard wishes about health, happiness, and peace. But…
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After a long break, my fingers are rested and I am ready to once again regale you with tales of my two sweet, and spunky, girls. But first, a little bit about Christmas… Christmas with two little kids is fun, but it’s even more fun with a house full of people you love and…
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Grace told me the other day that her baby doll, Hofia (pronounced Ho-fi-ah), didn’t know about Christmas. So I told Grace that she should explain it to her. And she said, "Christmas is when all of your family comes to your house to visit you." That’s what is important to this four-year old —…
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Of our backyard… We seem to have become a pit stop on the daily turkey trek – no matter what the weather is like. And last week I saw our resident owl for the second time – in the middle of the day! We see deer all the time on our neighbors land, but not…
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On Saturday we attended a winter event at our favorite local farm, along with Grace’s good buddy Violet and her family. The girls listened to a story and then made pinecone birdfeeders and strings of popcorn and cranberries. Afterwards, we all trekked into the woods, through the snow, to hang up our treats for the…
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I have fond memories of choosing Christmas trees as a child, although I never actually did the choosing – this was most certainly my dad’s territory. It has always been a big joke in our family because my dad is very particular. Therefore, it was always difficult for him to find a tree that was…
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What am I thankful for? An incredibly sweet little soul… A spunky and thoughtful little buddy… And an enthusiastic, and very patient, partner, who has made this very rich life possible.
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Today was a day of sobbing, whining and general misery. The kind of day that I thought (and still fear) might never end. Poor Grace has a very sore throat and a temperature of 103 degrees. Sweet little Tess, sensing that something was amiss, felt the need to compete for my attention. I love them…
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