Mavenhood: The musings of a pathological helper

Personal collection of info and opinions on the things I'm interested in: Motherhood, Adoption, Statesmanship, Leadership Education, Homeschooling, Christianity, Church of Jesus Christ, Home Economics, Healthy Eating, Cooking, Organization, and Books. My friends are probably tired of hearing me say "I've got a book about that!" I can't help it--when I learn something new I just have to share it!

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Isabel's Scarecrow, It's a casual thing

On Monday Isabel and I read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. She just kept begging me to read one more chapter and one more c...

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

My Little Angel

There aren't words for this one.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Isabel ABC

Isabel brought me this picture the other day. I thought it was really cute and it's exciting to see her learning to read and write. I pa...

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Follow the Leader

Because I didn't have enough to do, I decided to enroll in distance studies with George Wythe College. Just kidding. I have plenty to do...

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Searching for Baby # 2

It has taken longer than we planned but we have finally been approved for adoption again with LDS Family Services. Most people don't kno...

Friday, April 25, 2008

Kelly's Birthday

We celebrated Kelly's birthday Monday. Once again he asked for a soccer cake. I was bored with blue and white so I changed up the colors...

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Lysomes, and Ribosomes, and Mitochondria, Oh My!

Today we made cell models out of play-dough and craft stuff. It was so fun! It all began yesterday when we walked past a Usborne book displa...

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Fun Weekend

Here's some pictures from our weekend. My sister Jill's friend came to visit and we took him to greenlake, our new favorite place to...

Thursday, February 28, 2008

One for the Grandparents (click a pic to enlarge it)

I haven't posted any pictures for a while and I owe the Grandparents...

Books that changed my life

Insomnia is a great opportunity to catch up on things you’ve been meaning to do. I love the website: http://www.goodreads.com/ . It’s fun to...

Friday, February 22, 2008

Roman Art

There's too many wonderful things to learn about and do! My latest obsession is Roman Art. I was very excited when I saw that an exhibit...

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Thanksgiving Obsession

Several years ago (when we still traveled for holidays), the night before Thanksgiving, our flight to Utah was cancelled. After a few devast...

Friday, November 09, 2007

Gift Ideas

Thanks to http://www.organizedchristmas.com/ , I'm halfway through my Christmas shopping. I am always on the lookout for unique and qual...

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Halloween

Isabel went through about 5 different costume ideas before finally settling on being an Angel. We were at the party store to look for a cat ...

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Organized Christmas

This is on my list of top 10 websites that have improved my life: http://organizedchristmas.com/ This is my 4th year following the site'...

Sunday, October 14, 2007

UW Campus is Unbelievably Gorgeous in the Fall

We decided to tour the UW Campus Saturday and we couldn't have picked a better day. I wish we had taken more pictures. We were astounded...

A Lovely Day at the Seattle Center - Umbrella's Optional

Friday we visited the Seattle Children's Museum with friends. There is a fabulous exhibit there now called Moneyville. It was a little o...

Thank You Grandma!

Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) is a favorite around here and knowing that, GranMary created this gorgeous dress-up for Isabel. Belle wear...

Happy Birthday Isabel!

Isabel turned 4 this month. We celebrated with family and friends. In preparation for the event I asked her what gift she wanted and what ki...

Blueberries for Belle

Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey is one of our favorite books. We got to live the story a few weeks ago when we went blueberry picki...

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