There are moments in my career as wife/mama/home manager/housekeeper where everything comes together, and when everything and everyone behaves as it should. It’s almost as if I get a teeny, tiny glimpse of what life might have been like without an Original Sin (except that the butter and sugar are still bad for me). It’s […]
Family
Friday Funnies
Every night while I am helping Little Miss Sunshine get into bed she looks at me and says, “Mama, you need to get all jammied!” I love it. If I ever market my own line of pajamas that will totally be my slogan. “Get all jammied.” T-Rex LOVES to be tickled. So much so, in […]
One on one
Happy Valentines Day to you all. We really aren’t into Valentine’s Day here. It feels to me like a marketing holiday, but with little kids around, what’s not to love about a day to wear red, play with construction paper and heart stickers, make cookies, and refer to each other by a new name, “Valentine”? […]
The man with the scary glasses
Otherwise known as the Dentist. Yesterday was a hallmark day. Little Miss Sunshine had her first dentist appointment. We had talked about it. We had prepared. We had even been practicing with a spin toothbrush (at the advice of my Mom) for months. She was ready for her teeth to be shiny white and clean. […]
Hucka-BBQ
This morning we packed the kids up for a short drive and went to a Pig Festival. Yes, you read that right, and no I’d never been to one before either! I’m not quite sure why it was called a pig festival. There weren’t any pigs there, unless you count the people running around eating […]
Friday Funnies
Having kids in your life, whether they are your own, nieces or nephews, neighbors or friends adds such joy to your life. What I’m finding to be the best at the age we are at is the developing vocabulary and conversational skills. I’m seeing the world and relationships through a whole new light, or maybe […]