Jessie Weaver
I am a work-at-home mom with four kids (ages 15, 13, 11, and 7). We live on campus at Baylor School, where my husband teaches. After living in Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia, Tennessee is home and has been for 19+ years. After years of having babies and preschoolers at home, I sent my youngest to school, and now spend my time working part-time for an online entrepreneur ... and picking up sick kids from school.
Am I Still A SAHM When My Kids Are All In School?
I became a stay-at-home mom in January 2010, when my oldest child was 14-months-old. My husband had already moved to Chattanooga that August, while the baby and I stayed behind and tried to wait...
How Little Crochet Chickens Are Restoring My Hope for Humanity
I've always loved crochet. I can't even remember learning, but I've known how to make a scarf for a long time.
As a young adult, I had a time where I was crocheting with a...
Lunchbox Rotation: Saving Your Sanity, One Lunch At A Time
Before my oldest child (now entering fifth grade) even started kindergarten, I bought into the Bento box phenomenon. Why? There's little to no unwrapping, it reduces plastic waste, and the small compartments are just...
Popsicles For Breakfast: My Favorite Fun-Mom Tip
My very favorite fun-mom trick is this: make popsicles so healthy that you can give them to your kids for breakfast. They will seriously think you are the BEST PARENT EVER. (Or aunt, uncle,...
10 Memoirs For When You Want To Live Vicariously Through Someone Else
If you have school-aged kids, you know it's no joke that Maycember is a real thing.
I have four kids in school, so there are approximately 18 million things on our calendar this May. Thanks...
Crying Over Spotify Playlists
For some reason, the end of kindergarten always hits me much harder than the beginning. I'm on my fourth child now, so I think I can say this is a strong pattern. Kindergarten is...
Surprises Of Having A Big Family
I didn’t grow up in a large family. My nuclear family was the "perfect" American family of four: mom, dad, me, my 2 ½-years younger sister, and a dog. The number of people vacation...
You Won’t Remember How They Talked As Toddlers
It's one of our favorite topics of conversation: the cute things our kids say/used to say. It came up yesterday as I was with a group of people whose kids range from three to...
I Love And Hate The Second Half Of October
When my oldest child was born two days before my husband's 27th birthday, I think he was delighted: never again would he have to consider celebrating his birthday. A quiet, Enneagram 5 through and...
My Favorite Foods To Make In The Fall
If you know me, you probably know these two things: I love to read and I love to bake. (And maybe that I also like to pack Bento-style lunchboxes for my kids.)
I love to...