2009

Nothing like a homemade chicken soup (Crockpot leftovers!)

by Julie Meyers Pron December 30, 2009

Its bitter outside. But its homey and warm inside. Because a few nights ago I crockpotted a whole chicken, then turned the left overs into a warm chicken soup. So easy you’re going to hate me because you never did this before. So good you’ll love me because you’ll start making it all the time. [...]

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He doesn’t know his princesses, either

by Julie Meyers Pron December 29, 2009

In October, I realized that my boys didn’t know their princesses. And, so, for the past 2 and a half months I have schooled them. Trained them. At times practically sat on them to make sure they watched every single princess movie they didn’t know at Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic. And short of Snow [...]

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Whatever happened to… Precious Personalities?!

by Julie Meyers Pron December 23, 2009

This week, while checking out Just-Precious’ stats, I noticed a large number of searches related to Precious Personalities. And it reminded me that I haven’t blogged about good ol’ PP in a while. Because. Its not there. Go ahead. Click on it. Owning and managing a boutique was a dream for years. And when Big was about [...]

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Blogging it forward: Great gifts for 6 month olds

by Julie Meyers Pron December 22, 2009

I’m very, very grateful. This weekend we received a very generous check from my Grandmother, specifically requesting that we spend $xx on each child in gifts this holiday. With her permission, I’m saving about half of that so that they can select gifts on our upcoming trip to Disney. But because I want to make [...]

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Sometimes the best Saturdays are spontaneous time with friends, no matter how messy the house is

by Julie Meyers Pron December 21, 2009

So, if I tell you I live in the Philly suburbs, you’ll probably figure that this post has got to be about snow, right? Because we were bombarded by a blizzard and blah blah blah we were snowed in all weekend. And, because I know you’ve been reading my blog, you also realize were were [...]

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Oh no he didn’t!

by Julie Meyers Pron December 21, 2009

This is not a conversation, but some recent one liners: Huz: wow, if my dad gave me a bowl of carrots for snack, I’d throw them at him. What’s wrong with our kids? Big: In Kindergarten, we don’t have a caboose. We have more substantial jobs. (like what?) Leader. Middle: Mommy, is Santa really watching at [...]