As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, one of the highlights of our Thanksgiving travels was meeting up with my cousin and her family. We decided to meet at the San Antonio zoo on Friday and it turned out to be a perfect day for it. It was a tad crowded but manageable. She has 6…
“Her is Big Now”
We gathered on the “L”-shaped sofa, the five of us. Earlier that day we declared it family movie night and just minutes before we all settled down, we scrambled around our cozy, lived-in house, grabbing the right sized jammies for everyone, from the little to the big, and clothed ourselves in our comfiest of things. Flannel and…
Thankful
My last post was true. Monday was crazy, sucky hard around here. BUT. (there’s always a “but”, right?) Tuesday was better. Because we all made a choice to make better. Even the little people around here can make those kinds of choices. After school the four of us went for a walk in the cool,…
Oh Monday…
Yesterday we gathered as a family of five and smiled for the camera and laughed and kissed each other’s cheeks. Monday morning came with a vengeance and brought non-listening ears and tears and frustration and new worries for a week ahead. At school. At work. The sunlit counter scattered with the things of a busy…
God Bless Digital Cameras…
After hanging out at my friend’s house for her kiddos’ birthday party last week I asked her if we could use her pretty backyard to get some our our own family photos.And then we quickly agreed on a dual family photo shoot! Sometimes it’s hard to figure out how to get your own photo taken…
My Kids Are SO Stinkin’ Cute, Don’t You Even Try to Deny It!
The little kids tag along to B’s soccer practice every week and we have to try to find stuff to do while he’s practicing. I decided this time that we would not pass the time with them fighting over who got to play on my phone. 😉 The park and fields are quite big and…
Halloween Fun!
We live in an interesting, sort of hidden little neighborhood that is a mix of young families and older folks who have lived here a while. It consists of only 4 (albeit quite long) streets that are connected before you have to go out on the VERY busy main road that runs perpendicular to the…
Seeing Things Through Their Eyes
Lately I am working on seeing things from other people’s perspective. Particularly my husband’s and my kids’. Especially the kids, who are shorter, and not quite as wise and are still learning and soaking things in every day in some way. I have to try to remember that they do not “know” everything I expect…
Big Foot
I like to pop a squat in the corner spot on the right end of our L-shaped sofa because the arm is super cushy and it’s next to the end table where I can put my drink of choice. Sometimes the kids will come snuggle up to me while I am sitting there watching t.v….
Fall-ISH Fun
We made it to the “pumpkin patch” today, even though the temperature was a steamy 90 degrees while we were there. I kinda hate that it is so unseasonable but you know, when the forecast shows similar temps for a while, and you want some cute pumpkins to put outside the front of your house, and festive…