Life of a "non-working" mother

I am not very good at this kind of thing. Growing up I don't think we ever took a picture on the first day of school. This seems to be m...

Sterling had his first day of kindergarten today. He has been so excited to go to school, and has patiently been waiting for months now! On ...

Sterling has a knack for getting black, swollen eyes. Usually his eye is big and puffy from a mosquito bite, but this time he has a genuine ...

The whole family had a blast swimming today. I can tell that the kids are really getting used to the water. While a few weeks ago Sterling w...

This afternoon 2 clowns from the Ringling Bros circus came to the Leonard library. They did some fun tricks and made the kids laugh. I have ...

Winter is like a fish in the water. Since the weather has gotten much nicer, we have been using the pool a lot. After naps, the kids love to...

Sterling has been wanting to get a tackle box like mine for some time. His mom didn't want him to spend his DisneyWorld savings on it, s...

We have turtles in our lake. At first I didn't believe it. I mean, turtles live in zoos and pet shops, and Florida... not in OUR lake! S...

The kids really like helping out whenever they can. Ginger and Sterling braved high-90s temperatures and very high humidity to help load our...

Grandma and grandpa Ashurst came to visit. Grandma had some fun with the kids on the trampoline.

Sterling: "Why do people put seeds in watermelon"?

Winter started hear journey into speech with dual fluidity (speaking both english and dutch.) Jessica was determined that Winter would be ...

Sterling has a really bad allergy to insect bites. Whenever he gets stung, the bite swells up into a large bump. The first time he got stung...

The kids always like to use their blankets as capes. Sterling will come to me with his blanket and one of those large black paper clips and ...

When Sterling was 2 years old he went to his first swim lesson. He didn't really like it, but didn't seem to hate it either. The ne...

Sterling has a lot of energy He loves his collections; rocks, dirt, snails, keys, or any other small objects He is a sensitive young boy He ...

My objective for this blog is to keep a sort of journal for my kids. I found out today that a blog can be printed into a book, and decided t...