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Fighting the war on tantrums since 1994.

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Four Days? FOUR DAYS??

Dec 21, 2009
Watching Christmas cartoons… check Stockings hung by the chimney with care… check All presents bought… uh, no Wrapped… no Christmas photos taken… that would be, no Christmas cards… Hahahahahaha. Um, no. Menu planned, cookies baked, outfits planned…...

Now You Are Five

Dec 17, 2009
The day you were born is still etched in my mind like a series of snapshots. You know those little flip books that you flip through with your thumb, and the quicker you flip the less they look like individual pictures and the more they look like a...

So This Is Christmas

Dec 14, 2009
Dear Santa, It is all on you this year. I eagerly anticipate your arrival with gifts. I am plum out of ideas, money, and the will to enter a mall. Love, Chris I did spot this little gem while out the other day. I am not yet sure which teacher will...

Downsizing the holidays this year

Dec 14, 2009
Not even the gingerbread houses are immune.

Love Thursday

Dec 10, 2009
Yesterday afternoon was like any other day after school. Little kids came home, threw their stuff everywhere, ate snacks, talked about their day at school in increasingly loud volumes. Then my middle schoolers walked in the front door. Mom, you need...




Robin M.
8.3
great
  a daily read I look forward too. Great photos as well.
Posted 6/1/08 2:06 PM


Charmed R.
9.0
excellent
  Not only is Chris a great photographer, excellent writer, but she does it while keeping up with 7 kids!
Posted 4/15/08 4:04 AM


Lynsey P.
10.0
superb
  I love to follow the lives of this mother and her seven (yes, SEVEN!) kids! She's a great photographer too.
Posted 2/26/08 4:02 PM