The personal blog of Beth Kondrick
Grab yourself a cup of Christmas cheer…or at the very least a beer. I’m in a ranting mood today, so let’s toss back a few and air some grievances, even if Festivus isn’t for another week. I’m also going full on Mama Bear here, so watch out. Ollie told me something that kind of didn’t […]
Halloween 2018 is in the books! We had a ton of fun this year. Ollie decided early in October that he wanted to be a butterfly this year. Specifically he wanted to be a Scout Butterfly which apparently is purple and black (something learned in a Paw Patrol episode I guess). Then he told me […]
Today I thought I’d share the four major attractions we visited while we were in St. Louis and share why we loved them and why they were good choices for a kiddo around Ollie’s age. We went to a nice variety of places and Ollie loved every single one of them. It’s funny, each day […]
In honor of Mother’s Day, Simple Purposeful Living chose the theme of ten things motherhood has taught us for the 10 on the 10th link up. I’ve often reflected on the various things I’ve experienced as a parent, but I don’t know if I’ve ever really thought about the things I’ve learned – and I’ve […]
We survived the terrible twos and they really weren’t that terrible. Then we hit the threenager phase and I have no idea how we survived those days at times (Narrator: With beer. She survived with a lot of beer). But then Oliver turned four and we saw some signs that the threenager phase was over […]
Welcome to a new series I’m calling “Things the Parenting Books Don’t Teach You.” When we become parents we read all the books and take all the classes but there is so much more to parenting. Sometimes there are situations you find yourself in that you never thought possible and sometimes you’ll be like, dang […]
At Ollie’s tumbling class the other day his teacher said to us, “he must crack you guys up all day long” after something he said that was funny. We laughed and said “yep, that’s pretty much true!” After I saw Shea of Shea Lennon do a post on some funny things her son had said […]
At both Ollie’s early childhood screening and his first conference at school this Fall, something both his teacher and the screener mentioned is that we could do a little more to help Ollie develop his gross motor skills. Gross motor skills are the larger movements kids make with the arms, feet and body. He isn’t […]
It’s the last week of my Holiday Tuesday Topics! Today’s choice is one best gift of all time. Believe it or not I had a hard time narrowing in on this one. I have received many great gifts over the years. But then it was pretty clear. While he wasn’t born on Christmas, Oliver was […]
Ollie’s birthday was Sunday and I’m finally getting around to sharing his birthday post. Busy week with other scheduled posts I guess! But we have a big 4 year old now so I’m sharing all about that and linking up with Penny’s Passion and Running with Spoons for Thinking Out Loud today! So, as I […]
