I “follow” a number of blogs of families who have adopted children – from the US, from Eastern Europe and from Africa. Each family is amazing to me – in their faith and drive – but more importantly in how… Read More ›
Mothering 4
Rough day…
It has been a rough day at our house. I was ready to be home without a huge deadline or two hanging over my head and we needed to do a bunch of errands. The kids let me sleep (well… Read More ›
Halloween
It was a busy day…first work, then over to my friend Randy’s for the boys to learn about people who were cubscouts years ago and then to dinner with Wendy and Pat. We arrived home at around 4:30 and we… Read More ›
Pumpkin Patch
It has been a few years since I have been to the Pumpkin Patch. I used to go with all of the younger kids when they went on a field trip with their daycares. But it is has been about… Read More ›
How long?…
…can I expect them to stay innocent? Breakfast conversation today… R: “Hey mom, do you know what “six” is in Germany? Me: “no…” R: “Sex!” “Ha, Ha, Ha” Me: “do you know what sex is?” R: “um, no…like SEXY” M:… Read More ›
Weekend follies…
I am working some this weekend. But most of the weekend will be me and the kids. There is the Richmond Folk Festival in town and I’ve been hearing about it alot today but …I don’t know…4 kids…1 mom…downtown with many… Read More ›
W.O.W. (Part 2)
So, this here’s the email I received today: Hello! We have 2 troops in the making- one wants to meet thurs 3-4 at WSRC and the other fridays after school from 3-4pm Let me know if these are options for… Read More ›
Busy Weekend
This weekend my sister is getting (re-) married in Massachusetts. She and her husband have been married for 20 years. We took off on Thursday afternoon for the “trip of a lifetime” ! We made it just North of DC… Read More ›
We’re almost a biking family! – AGAIN!
One of the best things that the boys and I have been doing since they were 3 is going bike riding in my neighborhood. It started with their tricycles and going to the local park. When they were 4, I bought… Read More ›
Sliding into home plate…
signed off of most of the consults yesterday so we got up this morning amid plans to just try and get a bunch of things done before vacation next week. …finished folding the laundry while the kids cleaned up their… Read More ›
4 Kids + 1 Momma = Chaos 