So, the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup this week. People around here were, of course, elated. Someone near our house even set off the big, 4th-of-July-type fireworks.
My kids were just as excited about the fireworks. They lined up on the couch so they could watch the sky from our giant picture window.
They were ooohing [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ferris has entered one of those phases of toddler-dom that is my favorite. (Actually, they’re ALL my favorite, but you know what I mean.) She’s well into being two, and has a few of the cute quirks that come with it.
For instance, I often tell her she’s beautiful (because she is.) Sometimes I’ll ask, “Ferris, [...]
I was Dust Busting around the baseboards in our dining room on Saturday when Ferris came prancing over to me, all excited. She held out her hand and said, “I got him! I got him!!”
I turned to see and found she had a large, juicy black spider crawling across her hand!
If it had been a [...]
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 [...]
My girl Ferris loves food. All food. It took me more than two years to find any foods she didn’t like.
But I succeeded!
Since the other day was St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d do something fun and make green omlettes for the kids. I just put a few drops of green food coloring in and [...]
These are important days around here! Yesterday was a day of mini-milestones. I love watching my children learn new things… and I don’t just mean at the homeschool table.
We had small successes all around yesterday. Ferris pottied in the toilet! We haven’t officially started potty-training, but when she asks, I let her sit there. She [...]
You may have noticed I’ve been absent on here the last couple of weeks. Things have been CRAZY with a capital C-R-A-Z-Y!
Here’s my quick version of a recap:
It started with cake. All Ferris wanted for her birthday was “cake.” Anytime anyone asked what she wanted, she said, “CAKE!” She wasn’t disappointed. We did get her [...]