I guess it could be the opposite…

So, R.  has taken to bathing 2 and 3 times a day.  The other night he was so grumpy and I put him to bed early.  He called down to ask if he could take a bath and so I let him.  He did pretty good without any supervision – well, except for not letting [...]

Happy New Year

It is hard to believe that a new year is here. 2012 …I was thinking the other day about how there was such hype about 2000 and the millenium and now…amazingly…in the blink of an eye…it is 2012. My life has changed so much in the last 12 years. I was just taking on the [...]

The death of innocence…

Over the weekend we went to Dollar Tree to get some staples and some “jingle bells” for the Annual Jingle Bell Jam at one of the elementary schools. While there, I let the kids pick one thing to get. Matthew picked a watch – and in response to that – Amalia picked one that had [...]

Three Things…

Monday evening I picked up the kids a little early and while driving home we were discussing what homework we would be doing and Riley interrupted me and said… “Can we all sit around the Christmas tree and say 3 things we love about each other first?” (Crickets) “Of course…what a great idea!” …and so [...]

Decorating the Tree

Yesterday we pulled out the indoor decorations from the attic. This is my most dreaded activity of this season – and if I am honest, has prevented me from decorating on a couple of years pre-kids. (I have to add that putting them away might be a close second in hated activities and has resulted [...]

Weekend

Finally a weekend off – no calls.  Today is a busy day with grocery shopping and one friends birthday on the agenda.  I haven’t been grocery shopping since November 1st weekend (except for buying the turkey for Thanksgiving)…so we will head out ot Costco to get staples while the birthday party is going on.  This [...]

Day 25 & 26

The day after Thanksgiving was a blessing in all ways. We got up and met good friends at Maymont and walked for about 1 1/2 hours and then had lunch. Afterward, the neighbors came over and helped us put up the outdoor decorations. Today I went into work for a few hours and then did [...]

Day 8

Today I am thankful for an unexpected visit from my brother-in-law Tom and a wonderful dinner where my kids were well behaved and regaled with stories and iphone pictures of rattlesnakes, scorpions and tarantula’s!  (not so thankful that I can’t get the picture off of my phone to post it here!)

A day late (and a dollar short)….Thankfulness Day 7

Today I am thankful for the ability to drop what I am doing and run to pick up one of my children at school when the field trip bus got back late…

Pumpkin Patch

First weekend I haven’t had to be on call for a long time…got up and made a bunch of waffles (hopefully enough for a month once I get them in the freezer).  By the time the kitchen was cleaned, it was 12:30 so I bundled all the kids up to go to the local pumpkin [...]

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