Here you go! A brilliant illustration of how Christmas looks at the Hergenrader House. Bare feet and sparkly toes. Of course we have the requisite pictures of picking out the tree. And the snapshots of the kids putting the angel on top. And you saw Nate on his climb to the top so that he...Continue Reading
I’ve always been a bit afraid that our kids are too sheltered. We don’t watch much TV. We rarely see movies. We don’t listen to Justin Bieber or Selena Gomez. So last weekend when M and I saw that The Muppet Movie was playing, we thought it would be a good pop-culture introduction for our...Continue Reading
How was your Thanksgiving? Everyone had a wonderful day here. Our friends the Wards spent a couple days with us at our house. The kids camped and fished and crafted and shrinky-dinked and ran and played and rode bikes. It was a variation of our traditional camping trip. And I was thankful for understanding friends...Continue Reading
I don’t know what child we have here. He’s different than the others, that’s for sure. Besides his (frequently mentioned here) delay in walking, there’s also his slow start talking. Looking at the pictures of the other kids on their second Thanksgiving (highly comparable since they’re all summer birthdays) is startling. The other kids were...Continue Reading
Sorry for no post yesterday. Or last Friday. We’ve been busy with fall parties. And no school for the twins. It’s such a great paradox that as a Stay at home mom, my life gets busiest when the rest of the world is on vacation. It’s the TEN-DAY Thanksgiving break for private school that does...Continue Reading
Guesses on why Sam might be holding up the Number Four in this picture… Maybe to show the amount of years these two have been side-by-side? Maybe the amount of smiles he’ll give me for our Christmas pictures? That’s ONLY four smiles. Maybe the number of days he typically makes it to school each week?...Continue Reading
Nate loves HoneyCrisp apples. Correction: Nate loves to eat a whole HoneyCrisp apple, all by himself. Makes our (nearly) SIXTEEN-MONTH-OLD CHILD WHO IS NOT WALKING feel big to bite right into the whole piece of fruit. And, you know how it goes. Once I let him try this once? No more sliced apples for him....Continue Reading
I actually took this picture last weekend…when the temperature dipped into the 40s and a morning fire was appropriate. That is, until the Texas sun came out. By noon we had all shed our sweatshirts. Same temperature cycle this week. Today’s high in Houston? 90 degrees. To further illustrate the point that Texas is hot,...Continue Reading
Thank you to all of those of you who have served our country…especially Elisabeth’s Papa Mark. And Godfather Nick. The twins celebrated Veterans Day on Wednesday with a chapel, led by their class. Their teacher did a great job writing it, complete with the four-year-olds saying lines about freedom (E: Did you know freedom isn’t...Continue Reading
A Quiz… What’s happening in this picture? A) Sam frequently asks to ride on the hood of our minivan. After enough denials, he’s taken matters (a bit more safely) into his own hands. B) Typical afternoon hi jinx during the rare season that it’s cooler than 90 degrees in Houston. C) The third round of...Continue Reading
