They All Call Me Mom

  • Home
  • ABOUT
    • About Me
    • Brain Injury
    • Carrying to Term
  • FAMILY
    • Marriage
    • Large Family Life
    • Parenting
    • Baby & Toddler Years
    • Pregnancy
    • Preschool Age
    • Kid Stuff
  • INSPIRATION
    • Baby Aaron
    • Audriana
    • Organization
    • Home Decor
    • Homeschool
  • JUST FOR FUN
    • Arts & Crafts
    • Photography
    • Vacations
    • Holidays
    • Favorite Things
    • Back in Time
    • Q & A
    • videos
  • SHOP
    • Vegan Health & Wellness

college bound

April 9, 2013

college bound

I just got back from touring colleges with Afton.  It was a four-day trip.  I missed the kids while I was away, but I had such a good time with Afton.  Just me and her.  That doesn’t happen often, these one-on-one trips. So it was a special time for us.   But being that I’m […]

Filed Under: Afton, parenting 6 Comments

it’s just a baby tooth!!

March 15, 2013

it’s just a baby tooth!!

The other night my six year old complained that he couldn’t sleep because his tooth hurt.  I asked him to point to where it hurt, and he pointed to his top left side, way in the back.  And sure enough, I saw a tooth back there that had a dark spot in it.  I thought […]

Filed Under: Andrew, kid stuff, parenting 11 Comments

Mommy Valentine

February 15, 2013

Mommy Valentine

Valentine’s Day. It’s a day for lovers. For husbands & wives. For boyfriends and girl friends… Says who??!! I spent my Valentine’s Day with little ones.  And it made me happy. First it was with my little guy in his Kindergarten class.  then off to a homeschool Valentine’s Day party And my preschooler’s class did […]

Filed Under: Large Family Life, parenting 6 Comments

why I always look calm

January 16, 2013

why I always look calm

Whenever I go to an adult gathering and I am introduced to someone new, I always get the same comment when they find out that I have nine children. It’s not like I wear a sign on my forehead that says MOM OF NINE  but at one point or another someone will introduce me and at the […]

Filed Under: parenting 19 Comments

just being HOME doesn’t count

January 5, 2013

just being HOME doesn’t count

PresenceThis is my word for the new year.This is the word that I would like my 2013 year to be geared towards.Sure, I’m a stay-at-home mom.  Home all the time with my kids.They can tug on my shirt all day long.  I’m here.But am I always present?No.Sometimes (a lot of the time) I am on […]

Filed Under: parenting 16 Comments

preschool

September 24, 2012

preschool

The first day of preschool.  I have done this eight times before.  But of course this time, my ninth time taking one of my 4 year olds to a first day of preschool,  had a special spot in my heart.  She is the youngest.  I doubt I’ll do this ever again. She could very well […]

Filed Under: Aria, Large Family Life, parenting 8 Comments

reading woes

September 23, 2012

reading woes

Aislynn,  our #7,  started the second grade this year.  She is homeschooling just like she did last year.  I enjoy teaching Aislynn because she is always eager to do her work and never complains.  By the end of first grade, however, she wasn’t reading.  She struggled with simple words like “cat” and “big” and “they” […]

Filed Under: Aislynn, homeschool, parenting 12 Comments

while I was away….

September 12, 2012

while I was away….

While I was MIA from the blog world this summer….She turned four. She was so excited for her birthday to come.   Her two friends Gigi and Evelyn were her party guests.  In the past, her birthday party “guests” were her siblings, so to have her own friends there was a HUGE deal for her!  We took […]

Filed Under: Aria, birthdays, parenting 7 Comments

one year left

September 7, 2012

one year left

It’s been exactly one month to the day since I’ve posted last.  That has got to be some kind of record for me!Why have I been away for so long?  Well, to be truthful, I just haven’t been all that into blogging.  I’ve been enjoying the summer and just did not want to take the […]

Filed Under: Afton, parenting 9 Comments

ages and stages

August 6, 2012

ages and stages

A few of my little ones, when asking to get together with a friend, call it a “playdate”  —“Mommy…can I have a playdate with Gavin?”   Then I have my preteens who no longer call getting together with a friend a “playdate” but rather just “hanging out.”“Mom, Chase called.  Can we hang out?”Then I have the […]

Filed Under: birthdays, parenting 8 Comments

yes days

July 11, 2012

yes days

Since school let out on June 21st,  we have been to the beach 4 times and to the pool at least 6 times.  And today I took the kids to the beach and the pool,  because half of them wanted the beach and half of them wanted the pool, so I just did both because […]

Filed Under: parenting, summer 5 Comments

don’t look now

July 10, 2012

don’t look now

Don’t look now but it looks like someone is almost  too big to ride  in the BABY SWING!! You know your child is too big for the baby swing  when she can STAND UP while sitting IN the baby swing. Yep, I think little Aria’s baby swing’n days are almost over. She will be FOUR […]

Filed Under: Aria, Large Family Life, parenting 4 Comments

The Ref

May 15, 2012

The Ref

These past few weekends my 12 year old has been the referee for my 7 year old’s soccer games. A few months ago, he took a couple classes and passed a certification test — then the association gave him that uniform and a whistle and now call him a “Ref”.  I’m still trying to get used […]

Filed Under: Alex, kid stuff, parenting 5 Comments

Mother’s Day

May 14, 2012

Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day 2012  Me with my mom and eight of my nine kids  Mother’s Day is my favorite day of the year.  I even like Mother’s Day more than my own birthday.  All I did to earn my birthday was to be born, and hey, my mom did all the work to make that […]

Filed Under: parenting 3 Comments

randomness

March 9, 2012

randomness

Today I was showing my older daughter how to use Pinterest, and I pinned one of my own blog posts to demonstrate the pinning process.  So now that will go out to all of my Pinterest followers and everyone will see that I pinned one of my own blog posts.  Is that tacky? to pin […]

Filed Under: Large Family Life, parenting 5 Comments

My Elf on the Shelf failure

December 29, 2011

My Elf on the Shelf failure

I’m sure most of you know about the popular Elf on the Shelf by now. He comes with a book that you read to the children, and the story explains how Santa sends one of his elves to “spy” on them during the day, and then at night he flies back to the North Pole to […]

Filed Under: Holidays, kid stuff, parenting 12 Comments

grocery store silliness

December 9, 2011

grocery store silliness

You know how sometimes you are in a major hurry and you are trying to get things done and you don’t notice some of the things going on around you because you are too focussed on the things you are trying to get done?   Or does this only happen to me?   Last night I […]

Filed Under: Alex, kid stuff, parenting 3 Comments

things I hear

December 6, 2011

things I hear

Things I hear often around the house… It’s MY turn! Mom…where is my _______? Who ate the last _________?   (when looking in the pantry or the refrigerator)  No….not bedtime yet!   (when told to get into bed) But I’m not tired!   (when told to get into bed) I’m hungry! Where is the Wii […]

Filed Under: parenting 1 Comment

Not me! Monday

November 21, 2011

Not me! Monday

I did not turn around while at a stop light to snap this sweet photo of my Aria snoozing in her car seat, and then heard an angry honk! from the car behind me because the light had turned green and I wasn’t paying attention.  No way, not me!  While at our local mall, I […]

Filed Under: homeschool, Homeschooling, parenting 9 Comments

“Special Time”

November 2, 2011

“Special Time”

If I had to pick the biggest challenge to having a large family, I would definitely say it’s finding individual time with each child.   Did I give each child what they needed from me today?  This is a big one for me. I never go to bed  worrying if the house was clean enough, but […]

Filed Under: Andrew, parenting 1 Comment

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Subscribe

Enter your email and get notified whenever a new post appears on the blog. Never miss a post: Subscribe today!

Instagram

Pin With Me

  • How To Throw A Simple Minecraft Birthday Party - Part 2! from @kitchenmagpie
Follow Me on Pinterest

Popular Posts

  • Building My Cathedral
  • last night after the Supe...
  • BACKYARD POOL
  • tattoo mama
  • CREEEEEPY! But true stor...
  • backtracking

Categories

Archives

© 2015 they all call me MOM | Design by NW Designs