Lianna
Lianna is a homesteading mama of three: a sparkly seven-year-old daughter, a joyful five-year-old boy, and a confident three-year-old boy. After graduating from the University of Iowa’s college of education, she started Wondergarten Early Enrichment Home, a multi-age, play-based early childhood program. A self-proclaimed Queen Dabbler, she has a long list of hobbies (from gardening and canning to sewing and painting), and doesn’t mind being only mediocre at all of them. She lives with her husband, mother, three kiddos, dog, cat, rabbits, dwarf goats, and chickens on an acreage in the country. The Cornally family spends their time talking about education, learning how to grow and preserve their own food, and romping around in their woods.
Lessons From Tomatoes: Parenting Seasonally
We accidentally planted 40 tomato plants. That’s not a typo. Forty. It started off innocently enough. When the ground was still snow-covered and the creek was still solid, we were dreaming of spring and...
“How is your baby sleeping?” Sound bites from Year One
If there is one question I have been asked more than any other in my entire career as a parent, it is this: “How is your baby sleeping?” Other forms of this question include,...
Mommy Milestones: 11 {Selfish} Moments that Matter
Baby Books are all fine and good. It’s cool to have a record of when each of your baby’s teeth erupted, I guess. It’s helpful to have written documentation of the first years of...
Motherhood, in Four Words
When you think about the whole experience of motherhood, what comes to mind? From your baby's first cry, to your baby's baby's first cry, that long stretch of life that passes in the blink...
Positive Parenting Toolkit: 6 Versatile Tools Every Parent Should Use
When you're a new parent (or even a seasoned parent), all kinds of parenting advice bombard you from every direction. Books, relatives, and popular culture fill our minds with expectations of what our kids...
Do You See? A Letter to Those Who See Me Breastfeeding in Public
My eyes dart around the room, a quick survey of those around me: ages, genders, proximity. I fumble in the diaper bag, trying to tug my nursing cover from the bottom of the bag...
Songs Your Whole Family Will Love
We're big fans of Pandora in my family. The kids love their Disney and Veggie Tales stations, my husband bounces between classical and "Hipster Cocktail Party", and I have my Mumford and Sons radio...
That’s What I Call a Mom Win!
I added a third baby to our family 6 weeks ago. We now have three kiddos age 4 and under. I thought I understood simple math before this: you start off with zero babies,...
This is it.
This is it.
Just a few short (endless) days or weeks left of my last pregnancy. These are the last baby kicks that I’ll feel from the inside, the last time I’ll wake my husband...
Chore Charts for Children: A DIY Magnet Board
I thought I was doing a good thing by giving my just-turned four-year-old some chores. I’d seen all those lists on Pinterest of jobs that even toddlers should be able to do, so I...