Our good friends are coming in from Texas for Thanksgiving. They arrive Tuesday evening. They have two boys, ages 8 and 3. It’s going to be a crazy, fun, loud 5 days. I ran 9 miles on Saturday morning in about an hour and 35 minutes (woot!) I ran from my house to a shopping…
This or That
Back in May I met Deb at a little, local blogger get-together. She’s a really sweet and fun-loving person and she takes amazing photographs. I was SO excited to see that she started this carnival called This or That Thursday some weeks ago, and knew that I would love to link up. Not only does…
My First Family Photoshoot
So last week I put myself out there and offered to take photographs for some of my local friends and their families. The response was more than I could have hoped (YAY!) and on Sunday I got together with my first guinea pigs family and I am happy to report that it went pretty well….
She found a pencil
K wrote all over the tile floor in pink crayon yesterday. She’s always had access to more things at a young age than the boys ever did. We have this coloring/art table in the corner of our living room and she goes there a lot to draw (I use the term lightly). But this day…
I know, you’ve had enough. But I still need to show you these…
So have you eaten enough candy and seen too many pictures of other’s people’s kids in Halloween costumes yet? Certainly not. C’mon, grab a couple more kit-kats and sit down and look at these photos. You can never have too many of either… right? 😀 A few sides notes: That first shot is from G’s…
Happy Halloween! – Miss Elaine-ous Monday
Our house is already full of candy. I thought the Halloween carnival on Friday night at the kids’ pre-school would be fun. And it was. But there was a “trunk or treat” in the parking lot and the kids loaded up! Good thing I can hand it out tomorrow night… And the kids already tried…
Do You Have a Favorite?
I was watching a daytime talk show the other day (this rarely happens, by the way…) and Kelly Ripa and her husband were on, talking about their kids and life, etc. At one point Rachel Ray asked them if they have a favorite child and they said yes but they would never tell who. But…
A Buggin’ Good Time! – #HEXBUGHalloween
Last Friday we had some friends over for a fun Halloween party that included some pretty awesome kiddo “swag”. Not to mention the kids got to wear their costumes and eat treats. So, it was a total “win win.” The party was centered around the HEXBUG nano bugs – little mirco robotic bugs that my…
You Gotta Have Friends – Miss Elaine-ous Monday
There are times when I still wonder what we are doing here. You know, living in this particular town, away from our families and most of the people and things we knew for years. But then we have a “little” Halloween party (more on that later this week) and I see my kids with their…
Snippets
“STOOOOPID!!!!” That’s what my 2-year old was running around saying over and OVER tonight before I left for church choir practice. Her older brother (the younger, older brother, that is) was also liberally using that word and so she decided that it was her new favorite one. She’s like a little echo. AND a broken record….