by Mary Carver | May 12, 2015 | Books, Movies & TV, My Life
After I drop Annalyn off at school each morning, I turn up the radio and flip back and forth between my two favorite stations. I’m not searching for music, though; I’m hoping to find the morning show DJs talking. I’ve loved listening to the silly...
by Mary Carver | Apr 30, 2015 | Books, Movies & TV, My Life, What I'm Into
How cute are they in their matchy-matchy dresses?! We took that on Easter. All four of us were color-coordinated in our Royals gear a couple weeks ago, but I didn’t get a picture. I figure we can always put those outfits back on another day. After all, baseball...
by Mary Carver | Apr 24, 2015 | Books, Movies & TV
I had big plans to write a real serious post today. But you know what? I’m not in the mood for real serious. So, let’s talk music, eh? What you’re listening to, what I’m listening to, how sad I’m going to be when my trial subscription to...
by Mary Carver | Apr 7, 2015 | Books, Movies & TV
Today it was really hot – at least for April in Missouri. At 84 degrees, I regretted my choice to wear jeans and sincerely considered turning on the air conditioner. I didn’t. But I thought about it. After school Annalyn asked me how high the temperature...
by Mary Carver | Mar 27, 2015 | Books, Movies & TV, My Life, What I'm Into
THAT FACE. You guys! I tried so hard to get a sweet shot of her in the bathtub, but I’m realizing that while my girls are strong and smart and kind and hilarious, they may not technically ever be sweet. But the POINT IS that Adrienne is – miraculously and...
by Mary Carver | Mar 13, 2015 | Books, Movies & TV, Family Life, parenting
“I save the kingdom. As usual.” Though it’s not hard to find boring and/or sexist fairy tales with helpless princesses in the children’s book section, these days a parent can also find plenty of not-so-typical princess stories that teach kids...