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Amy from Occupation: Mommy
Join me as I explore what it means to embrace motherhood as a calling. Let's grow together to be the best mommies we can by sharing our experiences. Get ideas for fun activities and crafts to do with your little ones, celebrate the big events and the everyday moments, and learn along with my four kids and me.
Author Archives: Amy
Philadelphia Flower Show
Have you ever been to the Philadelphia Flower Show? The Flower Show is an annual event, which fills the Pennsylvania Convention Center with glorious color. This year’s Show starts tomorrow, and runs through March 11. Sydney, Joel, and I went … Continue reading
Fresh produce for the growing-averse
What’s the opposite of a green thumb? A black thumb? Yeah, that’s what I have. I love flowers and fresh-picked vegetables, but helping them grow and flourish in my yard just doesn’t work for me. Before we moved in to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Club, Growing Kids, Health
Tagged Animal Vegetable Miracle, From Left to Write
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Keeping kids in their beds
It’s a transition every parent dreads: Moving your toddler from the crib to a toddler bed. Will he fall out? Will he climb out? Will anyone in the family get any sleep? Joel is 20 months old and I know … Continue reading
Posted in Growing Kids, Joel, Toddlers
Tagged SleepBuddy, toddler bed, transition from crib
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Tape Measuring Fun
Yesterday I was busy in Sydney and Georgia’s room, rearranging the furniture. Sydney and Joel were enthralled with the tape measure: the way it springs back into place, the interesting numbers, just the fact that I was “playing” with it. … Continue reading
My shy extrovert
I am an introvert. I am not a hermit–I love being with people, doing fun things, going places, and having a good time. But after all that, I need to go home and have a bit of silence. For example, … Continue reading
Awake
On Fridays, I write for five minutes. No editing, no overthinking. This week’s topic is “Awake.” I wake up in the morning, not fully awake. But the little guy is definitely up. The youngest ones in the house seem to … Continue reading
Is it too late for a resolutions post?
It’s a new year. I don’t know about you, but the start of the school year seems much more of a time for fresh starts than January, in the dead of winter. I love making new school-year goals. This time … Continue reading
8 Tips for a stress-free gingerbread house
My girls love to make a gingerbread house each Christmas. Over the years, I have found a few ways to make the process a lot easier. Buy a kit! I like to buy a kit during the after-Christmas clearance at … Continue reading
