We are up to day 24 on the Ultimate Blog Challenge, only 7 days left! Today’s suggested topic is what we would chat about if sitting on the front porch with our blog readers. I had another idea in mind but it fits in perfect with this suggestion! We’d be swinging on the porch with Lia the Baby Blogger, coming up with cute captions that come to mind for some pictures. “I need to get a closer look at you.” “There are always chores to do!” When the feet don’t

What better way to be falling for fall on Wordless Wednesday with some photos I’ve taken to remind us of changing of the colors, pumpkins and fall festivals. Fall is such a beautiful season even though in the south we don’t get a lot of color in the leaves we do have colorful flowers and pumpkins! Lia is just jumping for joy over fall and the festivals around town.

Twelve days before Lia’s 1st birthday, I wrote a countdown blog where each day was happenings of her first twelve months. http://themarthareview.com/from-birth-to-a-year-old/ I’m a bit late putting the final chapter together for Lia but better late than never as the saying goes. I will add this to the end of the book I plan to write with the 12 day countdown and give to Lia on her 18th birthday. Lia had a wonderful birthday that lasted all weekend! Happy 1st Birthday Lia! Friday August 23, 2019 Lia’s Birthday Lia and

This is a quick and easy origami mobile I made from an old potato masher. My now 21 year old grandson has been making origami cranes since he’s been 4 or 5 years old. When he worked with us at that age, he would start folding paper and making all different sizes of his cranes. Fast forward to last Christmas when Zachary made me an entire family of cranes. I had them sitting on the TV stand until I came up with the idea to turn them into an origami

Every so often I like to check back and see what my top blogs have been. I checked back from the past 365 days and these are my top 5 blogs. The top post was written on January 23, 2019 by my grandduagher under Alex’s Articles. This post had 444 views and while it’s more of a book in length it has a few messages writen in it. If you haven’t read it, you may need a kleenex or two. http://themarthareview.com/howd-you-pick-that-name/ My blog written on February 10, 2019 had the

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