Since the kids were out of school on Monday for Fall break we made two trips to the “pumpkin patch” (a.k.a. local Methodist church that sells pumpkins for mission fundraisers) on Monday. Or I guess you could say one interrupted trip – with a visit to Target in between. This is what happens when you…
Whatcha Gonna Be This “Hallween”? – Miss Elaine-ous Monday
My Dad is a funny guy. He likes to tell silly jokes a lot and it’s worth it to hear him tell the same ones over and over just see his big smile and hear his belly laugh. When I was a kid he would often tease me during the month of October by saying,…
Nicknames I promise your kids don’t have…
All of our children have nicknames. Since Ben is Benjamin I call him “Benja” a lot. I also call him, Benja Wenja and Spenjamin. When he was a baby he was “The Biggest”. He was not particularly big, at all. I think I it was partly because he was so small at first, that I…
It Can Happen SO Fast
Even though we were in the midst of the “sickies” last weekend, I still managed to get the boys to their respective soccer games and do laundry, feed children (and eventually myself) and resume life to mostly normal. I even brought the snack for G’s game! But, and this is probably NOT news to anyone…
Quarterly Top 5
So, I found this new (to me) link up over at Amber’s Articles via my friend Deb at Deb Duty Photography and I thought I would join in. After all I LOVE taking pics of my kids! (don’t we know?!) Here are my top 5 favorites for the last 3 months. It was hard to…
So Long Summer!
Usually come May or so I want Summer to arrive SO badly that I can almost taste the sand that inevitably ends up in my mouth. That’s how much I look forward to our beach vacations. But by the time September rolls around and the humidity has been dripping of my body in the form…
Ordinary Moments – You Capture
Sometimes I think about what it will be like when my kids are older and don’t necessarily enjoy ice cream this much anymore. Although that’s impossible right? Ice cream is yummy no matter your age. Perhaps they will look at me like I’ve lost my mind when I tell them to stand by the wall…
The Invisible Rock
Sometimes as as mothers we have no idea what our day holds. Perhaps you’ve carefully planned a day of running at the gym in the morning, nap time for the toddler, Uno time with the 7 year old, reading blogs, hanging out on tweetdeck all while the pre-schooler is at summer “school”. But somewhere in…
I’m Already Home…
I wrote this on the plane on my way to BlogHer ’11 on Thursday morning. I’m publishing it now because I love it and because I do not currently have the energy to post any recaps of my experience yet. I’m both physically and emotionally drained. Pacific time will do that to a girl, yo. …
22 months is REALLY close to 2 years…
I don’t know what I thought it would be like to have a girl. I knew it would be different of course but I didn’t know how different. Meaning both that it’s a lot different in general and also, in so many ways. I do think we go easier on her sometimes because she’s a…