(In case you missed it, Part 1 and Part 2.) When you’ve lived in the same place for your entire life, you get comfortable. And that’s not a bad thing. Until you decide it is. Which I did, somewhere around the second month of driving around local neighborhoods, looking at…
Everyday Mayhem 
Mayhem’s Big Move – Part 2
In case you missed it, Part 1 is here. Yes, the walls were indeed closing in on us. The dining room had been taken over long before, as Mayhem’s desk sat on one side of the room carrying all of her homeschool work, and my desk was parked on the…
Everyday Mayhem 
Mayhem’s Big Move – Part 1
How could we ever make that work? It was a question we’d asked ourselves over and over and over as thoughts of moving away would pop up in conversation. It had been clear for a long enough that a move was in order. Our kid needed a yard. And now…
Everyday Mayhem 
Maybe Next Month
It’s 5:23am. Little feet enter the room, blanket in tow. She climbs up next to me and snuggles in. I’m physically exhausted but mentally unsettled, and I know she is too. Keith is already at his desk, editing photographs from the day before. It’s somewhere in the neighborhood of 250 kids….
Homeschool Mayhem 
Homeschooling – First Year Recap
This post is long overdue. Because we get questions about it ALL.THE.TIME. Homeschooling. How’d the first year go? What curriculum did we use? Was it hard? Are we going to continue homeschooling? So let me break down our first year experience. Starting with the near breakdown I had on approximately…
Stuff We Love 
Nothing But Love for Nothing But Nets
Bring me a solution. If Mayhem had a nickel for every time she’s heard that from us … she’d have a LOT of nickels. Because we want her to not just tell us about her problems (or expect us to resolve them), but rather, have her tell us a way…