Our little Lydie is growing up. I am so excited for her but a little sad for me. Kids truly grow up WAY too fast. But Lydia started eating solids this week and is going for it like a champ. She is not super interested but she doesn’t fight it at all either. She is …
{RECAP} October 2019 Schoolhouse
I have truly NO IDEA where October went! I feel like it flew by in a blink but it has been rewarding looking over all that we have learned this last month. We have been busy! Something that was a TOTAL game changer for us this month was our schedule. About a week into the …
Halloween
Everything lately in the Berning house is “THE BEST ____ EVER!!!” {I guess that’s better than the alternative!} Halloween this year was declared “THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER!” by Jacob and we had a great day. Halloween and the whole week leading up to it {see this post!} was so much fun. We sure love our …
Lydia’s 5th Month
Time moves way too fast. This little girl is growing up and I definitely have mixed feelings about it. She is now 14 pounds 4 ounces (40%) and is 24.7 inches (39%) in length. And take a look at those cheeks – I can’t help but kiss those all day every day! Lydia moved up …
Halloween Festivities
Fall is easily my favorite season and we jammed in as much wonderful fall/Halloween goodness into our last weekend as we could! After Mark got off of work on Wednesday we headed over to Utah for all of the FUN! Chinese Food We kicked off things with some delicious Chinese food! We have been studying …
Teaching Piano at Home
Let me just start out by saying…teaching piano at home was not something I ever planned on doing. I toyed around with the idea for about a millisecond a couple years ago but quickly decided it was something that I wanted to let someone else teach our children. Piano Background Mark and I both play …
Fall Soccer
One of the wonderful things about living in a bigger area is that there are more opportunities for the kiddos to participate in different things. Jacob has tried organized sports before and it’s never gone very well. He has never seemed very interested and I didn’t want to push him into anything. But this summer …
My 31st Birthday
Welp…it’s official – I am in my THIRTIES! But I’m okay with it. I really am. I am accepting the fact that I have some crinkles on my forehead {doesn’t 31 seem a little young for that though…just wondering…maybe I need to purchase some “age cream” or purchase sunglasses…} and that this newborn stage has …
The Second Great Commandment
General Conference is easily one of my favorite weekends of the year. I love it and always leave feeling lifted and inspired to be better. This conference there were many wonderful lessons and counsel. But what stood out to me the most throughout the talks were to be aware of deceptions and distractions. We had …
Potty Training
Oh…potty training. I must admit, potty training is not my favorite activity in the world. Maybe it’s the constant cleaning of bodily fluids {or bodily solids…} or maybe it’s having to look at my child’s private parts watching for any sign of activity…I’m not sure what it is, but there’s something about it that just …