Don’t try to follow my train of thought. It derailed awhile back.
1) Speaking of trains, Ferris “rode her potty train to the end” this week. We started with her Special Potty Day last Monday. Yesterday (Monday again) she finished it off by getting 26 stickers (successes) in a row on her chart!! Woo-Hoo.
Her reward was [...]
Quote from Evan, now 3, (which will be held over her until WELL after he wedding day) while holding up her tiny pinky finger:
“Mama, picking boogers with THIS finger is NOT what the Bible says!”
Last night, we went out to dinner with some friends after church. As we were driving home, the kids were looking out the windows of the van and talking about the moon.
Then Evan looked up again and shouted, “Hey God… Knock, Knock!”
I love her simple faith. I’m sure she wouldn’t have been at all surprised [...]
We have this pool that we’d never used. We got it back when we were able to do homebirths. It’s exactly the same size as the one my first three boys were born in.
At any rate, it’d been in our basement for a long time, so we broke it out on Memorial Day and let [...]
Evan has been potty trained for quite some time now… except at night. :/
We’ve been working on her, but I blame her preemie status for her inability to go the whole night dry. I mean, her bladder is teeny-tiny, just like the rest of her. That just has to be it, right?
Anyway, she occasionally has [...]
This morning Evan snuggled up next to me and said, “Mama, Know how much I love you?”
“How much?” I played along.
“One hundred fifty five!”
Then she justified it, just in case: “That’s a BIG number, Mama!”
I love her 355 then!
I can’t help myself. I love my kids… I love baseball… I love brightly colored summer photos… So, I just can’t stop. My sister-in-law Heather took these photos Saturday at Opening Day. I’m posting them here for all eternity!
She got many more of Andy and Brady…
Brady played first base for the first inning. Doesn’t he [...]
Today was opening day for our baseball league. I think Nate and I were just as excited as the kids!
For Connor, it was his first ever game! Isn’t he adorable?
I happen to think his coach is pretty hot, too!
Andy and Brady somehow eluded my camera (perhaps because I was busy with team Mom business!), but [...]
My girl Evan is special. I mean that in every sense of the word.
She’s precious, she’s eccentric and she’s weird. We love all those aspects.
Today, the kiddos were playing outside. I ushered them into the house for lunch and told them if they ate well, they could take a popsicle outside to enjoy.
This idea elated [...]
The weather outside today is simply gorgeous! I couldn’t pass up this opportunity, so I surprised the kids by squeezing in a trip to the park, somewhere between lunch and nap time. Seemed like the perfect plan to take advantage of 74 degrees and sunny. Plus, the public school kids were still being held prisoner [...]