January 30, 2012

leftover ketchup

Thanks for all the book recommendations the other day. My book list is growing and I’m looking forward to getting to all the ones you suggested. We went to the library yesterday and I paid my $36 in fines. Yes, you read that right, because one of my kids decided to lose a book and [...]

December 5, 2011

on Christmas decorating

I mentioned the other day Noah’s December 1st rule. Kaylie and I barely made it home on time, but with 15 minutes to spare, we did make it. She went right to bed, and I got ready for bed and walked into the living room as the clock struck midnight. Noah was there with his [...]

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 [...]

October 14, 2011

and then September

Both girls expressed interest in fall activities. Kaylie really wanted to do gymnastics again (she did it when she was six or so) and Liliana really wanted to dance. Kids activities are stupid expensive, but we made it work. I knew I wouldn’t be able to handle having a bazillion kid activities on a bazillion [...]

October 13, 2011

so there was August

Master Preston is quite surprised that he was the cause of my lack of blogging. He wasn’t aware I did anything besides care for him. Well, little guy, there isn’t anything I’d rather do, but I’ve got to do something while you’re sleeping! With all this drama about my photo computer crashing and my lack [...]