November 30, 2011

the world is a marathon

After dinner last night, Kaylie began to complain of a cramping pain in her side, her left side under her ribs. It was too high to be abdominal, so I wasn’t too worried about it, and, as I’ve previously stated, I’m always a bit skeptical. Seeing as Monday was a “sick” day and not so [...]

November 29, 2011

almost

This boy. This boy with that look in his eye. He is almost crawling. He is thisclose. He starts out sitting, launches himself forward to his hands and knees, and then flops onto his tummy. He’ll get back up on all fours, rock back and forth, and then flop to his tummy again. He’ll go [...]

November 27, 2011

a Monday I can (kind of) get on board with

Last week? Yikes. Monday Liliana fell down our front steps face first, Tuesday she had a stomach bug, Wednesday Preston had it, Thursday we had Thanksgiving (which was super fun), Friday evening and Saturday morning I went to hear Sid and Shona speak on pornography and prostitution respectively. Both speakers were eye-opening for me. I’ve [...]

November 24, 2011

thanksgiving and stuff

So. It seems as though everyone is healthy and able to make it to our American Thanksgiving tonight. Hooray! The pumpkin pies are made, I’ve got dough rising for breadsticks (I attempted dinner buns yesterday and … well … I had a little Celsius/Fahrenheit mix-up), and I’m preparing to stuff the turkey. Everything’s on track [...]

November 23, 2011

H is for Hey, Mrs. Wilson!

I’ve got something exciting for you guys today. A secret mission. Are you ready? You have arrived at the H stop on Secret Agent Josephine’s Stealthy Book Tour! Did you know that she has three books out? And that they’re incredibly awesome?! My kids are not too knowledgeable about my blog and I don’t talk [...]