Callie Feyen

Remember that slight rant I wrote on guest posting?  No? You mean you don’t remember everything I write about? Don’t you take notes or something? Either way, here is where I write that I didn’t know exactly what I was talking about because, well, I’m guest posting on the blog Read.Learn.Write.  I think you should click on over and check it… View Post

Lest you think all we do is serious reading around these here parts, I will confess to the “beach reads” that the girls and I participate in from time to time.  You know beach reads, right?  Those types of reads that one might find herself getting to know a character named Edward Cullen, for example.  Or, in Hadley and Harper’s… View Post

Here are a few thing that I said I’d never do: “I will NEVER have a DVD player in our car.” “My kids will NEVER watch The Disney Channel.” “Once I become a mother, I will NEVER go back to teaching.” “If I ever go back to teaching, I will NEVER teach my own kids.” Here’s the truth: -When travelling to… View Post

We had a booknic earlier this week as part of our Spring Reading Challenge. I’m not sure why the girls are sitting at the end of the blanket but to each her own. The last few days Harper has enjoyed paging through Sesame Street guessing game books: Big Bird’s Guessing Game about Shapes, Cookie Monster’s Guessing Game about Food, etc.,… View Post

We couldn’t find Bear a few nights ago. Those of you who know Harper know this is a big deal. Losing Bear is a 9-1-1 situation. Our babysitter, who’s been with us for two and a half years has called just once when we were out and it was to say, “I can’t find Bear!”  Glasses of wine had been… View Post