As I wrote about yesterday, Superman is a favorite in our house. Not the new guy, but the super old cartoons. The kind that surprise you that they’re in color. Grainy, poorly narrated. That kind.For months, Brady kept talking about Superman and Moses. Together. In the same breath. For the life of me, I couldn’t [...]

My mom was up again this weekend to help me out around the house while I helped with Andy’s recovery. Since they were only able to do half the surgery, he was up and around much sooner than we had planned. So, today, we packed a picnic and all of us went to a local [...]

ANDREW!
Our oldest son Andy had an outpatient surgery done today. Like any mom, I worried a bit about how he’d handle things and how he’d be when he woke up from the anesthesia. Other than being a bit grumpy, he was absolutely great.
When we got home, he wanted to watch the old Superman cartoons on DVD. [...]

I’ve always heard the horror stories from other moms, generally who have more children than I do. And our own condition has crept into our own family so slowly that it became habit before I realized it. It. What’s it?

LAUNDRY.
Yikes. Scary word, huh? I still haven’t quite got into that habit of doing one load a [...]

For fun, we like to have camp-outs as a family. (They used to be called “Pank-outs,” but everyone has learned to say it more clearly.) We push the coffee table to the side, roll out the sleeping bags on the living room floor, pop the popcorn, put on a good movie and have fun! It’s [...]

A friend of mine had this on their blog. It’s called The Cadaver Calculator. It asks basic questions to find out how much your body would be worth now if you died and donated your body to science. Click on the graphic below to take the test yourself. It’s probably not scientific (or accurate), but it’s [...]

I moved the couch back and vacuumed the living room really good last night. (The living room is the only room with carpet. The rest is hard wood.) I then proceeded to steam clean the carpet to get the few millions of stains out that have taken up permanent residence and had their mail forwarded.
I [...]

I know I’ve already posted today, but I couldn’t forget to write this here to remember far in the future. Andy woke up from his nap before anyone else and climbed onto my lap. I hugged him tight and said, “I love you, Buddy.”
He said,”I love you, too, Mommy.”
Me: “Oh, really? Why?”
Andy: “Because your shirts [...]

I was recently reading a post on another blogger’s site that touched on a topic Nathan and I repeatedly discuss. Our basic idea is this: children and babies are blessings, not burdens! Those of you who know us aren’t surprised to hear we feel this way. Four kids plus one miscarriage in five years is [...]

Kids crack me up. Their mispronunciations are just one of the things that make them so endearing. Take, for instance, names. When Andy was just a little guy and Brady was a newborn, Andy said Brady’s name as “Bunny.” Every time. For about six months. It was too funny. He really thought he was saying [...]