I’ve recently started looking for podcasts to listen to. Being a stay-at-home mom is a fantastic calling, and there are tons of rich words to read online and in print, but sometimes I want to hear another adult voice as I’m washing the dishes for the seventh time in a day I love listening to […]
Famine in the Land
I used to not give much thought to the brown grass of late summer crunching under my feet. It’s part of the season, but something is different this year. This year all of the plants have been sagging under the oppression of the sun’s intensity long before August. Summer showers have become distant memories. Wild […]
And Now I’m NOT Moving
I’m amazed by God. For real! He is SO good, and His plans are so much bigger than mine. I posted yesterday that I was moving to a new, free blog site. I had the process halfway complete. It was a done deal. I was not turning back. Then I got a message from someone […]
This Blog is Moving! Update: Except not really anymore
Due to God providing in a miraculous way, I will now be keeping Exceptionally Average right here in this location. You can read on if you want to see the background, but it’s not the whole story anymore. You can read the rest of the story that explains why I’m not moving locations here. To […]
Peanut Butter Playdough Recipe
Since finding the recipe for peanut butter playdough last year, I’ve whipped up more than one batch. This is a fun, simple, and extra-sweet yet still edible activity that a child of any age would love. I will again be using a post I did on my family blog last year because I’m lazy such […]
Beating the Heat with Goop
I have kind of avoided looking at the forecast for a few days, and when I finally got around to doing it this morning, I was greeted with a whole bunch of triple-digit temps glaring at me. That’s when I know it’s time to pull out some of our trusted projects from the past to […]
Shadows in the Night
Photo Credit I guess it was my first pregnancy-induced nightmare. I woke up at 4:15 this morning wiping tears from my eyes, willing the tension to ease from my muscles. It was not a dream where anyone was in danger, but it was filled with conflict unlike I’ve personally experienced, and I could not go […]
Discipline
Photo Credit I’m throwing out a disclaimer here. I’m still processing a bit near the beginning of this post, but I believe I resolve the issue as the post concludes, so hear me out before you think I’ve just given up. I think it’s important for anyone NOT in my head to have an idea […]
Beating the Heat with Small Children: Bring the City Inside
Let’s be real here. It’s hot. Pretty much everywhere in the USA. My part of the USA also has a lot of humidity, so it feels extra hot! Let’s be real again. Extreme heat can drive energetic little people crazy because they can’t run off their energy in the usual manner. That’s when it becomes […]
Processing
Photo Credit I’m in a stage of life where I find myself processing a lot of things. Some of them are major life-changing things (like having another member in our family kind of major) and some of them are silly (how am I going to live with a limited amount of chocolate until this pregnancy-induced […]