I’m linking up with Stasha today for Monday Listicles, because I’ve actually looked (ahead of time!) to see what the listicle topic (chosen by Cookie’s Chronicles) is for the week.And I have opinions on the subject. Boy, do I.This week the topic is “10 Tips For New Moms”.Being a relatively […]
Before I show pictures of our morning at the pumpkin patch, I want to let you know about some other pumpkin stuff…I’m featured over on MOMables™ again, this time sharing my pumpkin chili recipe!The air was crisp and cool this morning, as we ventured out on an autumn “field trip”. The […]
I run my fingers through her hair. Her soft, blonde waves. She giggles and runs away.Later, I close my ears off to the siren of cries, turn my back to the alligator tears running down her face. I can’t respond to the wails and cook dinner and hear what her […]
Friday was Henry’s 6th birthday, and we went to the local pizza place for dinner. My parents came along, and brought a Halloween sack full of Dollar Store Halloween goodies.They were a hit.Especially these glasses…Me and my camera were MUCH too slow to capture the glasses on Erv.Henry and his […]
Since the past few days have been all about birthdays, I’ll continue in that vein for my weekly take on Julie’s 52 Weeks of Pinterest Challenge!(If you haven’t been following along, we’re doing a project/cooking a recipe/visiting a place/etc that we have pinned on Pinterest.com, a HIGHLY addictive virtual bulletin […]
Today, you’re six.Another year has come and gone, much too fast. But you’re the oldest of FOUR (!) and we treat you as such. Sometimes you resent it, and sometimes you soak it up.You light up a room with your excitement and huge, friendly smile (and let’s not forget those […]
I told you yesterday that we had a big weekend around here.Well, the pictures from the party were on my real camera, but these are from my phone:Of course, I had to take a phone picture of the ship to post on facebook.The boys at the wedding. Aren’t they handsome?At […]
By now you know that I’m addicted to Pinterest. I love it. It’s a total time-suck, but I love searching it for recipes and things…just this week I found a recipe for pumpkin chili, because I had roasted a pumpkin and didn’t know what to make with it. And it […]
This weekend was big.I saw my good friend from college get married on Friday and we spent the rest of it with family and friends in Arkansas.The big three kids had a BLAST. Here’s part of the reason:Do YOU know anybody else that has a PIRATE SHIP in their YARD?!How […]
The first half of this week, I had the stomach flu. OnTuesday, I was stuck in the house, feeling like crap and bummed that I couldn’tgo have tea with Julie like we had planned.So…E. Belle and I did some crafts. We got out the ol’ hot glue gun and a […]