Ezra
Ezra was born into our family in the fall of 2010. He's expressive, precocious, loving, cute, a big talker, and all-boy. He loves trains, cars, airplanes, and anything else that moves and makes noises. These posts are his story.
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Patriotic Sensory Bin and Color Sorting Activity
I combined the color-sort idea with the sensory bin idea and 4th of July theme and came up with this activity.
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one of “those” mondays
mondays 6:14 wakeup coffee with milk because we are out of half-and-half. start a grocery and errand list there’s too much on the list. try to figure out how to fit it all…
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Ezra Dawson, Fallen Hero: Honoring our Son’s Namesake on Memorial Day
The amazing story of us establishing contact with the family of our son's namesake, a fallen soldier.
- Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Finding "Home" in 2013, Military and Veteran Life, The Preschool Years
Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 05.16.13
This transition out of the Army and move to North Carolina has been and will continue to be an adjustment in so many ways, but we are rich in God's grace and in…
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One month home
As of today, we have lived in our new home for exactly one month, and have been here in our new hometown just a few days beyond that. In so many ways our…
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How to be a better mom while being exhausted
If there was ever a morning that *I* needed the "how to be a better mom while being exhausted" post it was this morning. So I turned to my arsenal of tricks and…
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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 03.24.13
Is life ever not messy? For the first time in days I actually find myself with a moment of quiet and access to my computer, but words are failing me to fully express…
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[Guest post] On being a reconnecting dad
My husband's thoughts about reconnecting with his son after a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.
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Weaning: how I weaned my toddler from breastfeeding
“Nurse chair?” This phrase was my toddler’s special way of asking to nurse. He didn’t just ask to nurse…he always let me know exactly where he wanted to nurse. “Nurse chair?” or “Nurse…
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In which I can’t even read a four letter word…or is it five? {five minute friday}
Today I am participating in a weekly feature on lisajobaker.com called Five Minute Fridays. Bloggers are given a writing prompt (topic) and told to write for *five minutes. “No *editing, no over thinking,…
