Anyone out there know how to get lots and lots of purple marker off a two-year-old’s arms, legs and hands?
Just curious.
He used to be so cute.

The boys have really been on a kick of rhyming words lately. As I said before, Andy gets it. Brady’s coming around now.
The other day, he ran into our room where I was folding laundry. He said, “Mommy, do ‘mail’ and ‘fail’ rhyme?”
“Yup!” I said.
“Goody,” he giggled. “I’ve been talking to myself about that.”
Then he [...]

Our crazy two-year-old Connor has a very strange view of death.
Today I found a new, bright red scratch on his cheek. I asked, “Hey, Bo, what happened to your cheek?”
“Um,” he explained. “It died.”

I had the van full of kids today as we went through the drive-up at the bank. Andy likes this particular branch because they usually put Tootsie Rolls in the canister.
He asked, “Mommy, is this the bank that gives us Tootsie Rolls?”
“Usually,” I said.
Brady piped up from the second back seat: “I can’t have Tootsie [...]

Is anyone else bummed to see this little header on the top of Yahoo’s page?

We officially start homeschooling our oldest child this fall. I have to admit, I’m overwhelmed and scared. I suppose that’s good. It makes me lean on God that much more for His wisdom, patience and creativity!
Even so, I realize that this [...]