December 31, 2011

2011: Year in Review

One of the (many) purposes of this blog is to serve as a memory bank — so I can look back and remember (fondly, hopefully) the things my family and I did together (because if my children inherit my memory skills, they’re going to need some help), the things we’ve gone through, and the things [...]

December 28, 2011

so that was christmas

I’m going to go all old-school on you guys and do the whole label thing. Because I want to and I have too many things to catch up on. three-kid room fail We live in a three-bedroom house and I’ve been trying to figure out how to make it work when Preston transitions out of [...]

December 23, 2011

of Christmases past

You know when someone has such a great idea that you just have to play along? Angella posted her family Christmas photos from the last nine years and then Kami did the same. I really love watching as their families grow and age. And now, of course, I am going to copy them. It took [...]

December 19, 2011

a list of things on a Monday night when I thought all day that it was Friday

“Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” “Cue the mouse!” “I’m here, I’m here, the mouse is here! “What’s the bowl for?” “So you can see that I am not stirring. Note the hand never touches the spoon.” -A Muppet Family Christmas 1. The parents of Liliana’s Sunday School class were told of [...]

December 16, 2011

officer, if you had a four-year-old talking to you and asking questions incessantly, you’d have gotten in that accident, too

L: “Mama, where’s the moon? Why can’t I see the moon? I want to make a wish on the moon because I can’t see any stars.” Me: “Maybe it’s too cloudy.” L: “But WHY? Why is it cloudy? I don’t want it to be cloudy, mama. MAMA! ANSWER ME!” Me: “I’m sorry, maybe tomorrow you [...]