And other words Nate can say (kinda, sorta): Buh-Buh! (for bye-bye) Buh-Buh! (for Bubba (Sam)) Buh-Buh! (for Bath) Buh-Buh! (for Bottle) Duh-Duh! (for Dadda) Mama (Clear as can be :))Continue Reading
One week ago today we were driving home from my folks’ house in Kansas. Nate had been sick with the freaky virus. Ellie was a bit whiny on the that thirteen-plus-hour road trip. She slept more. Wasn’t comfortable. Tip of the iceberg. Then we got home, and a new Ellie emerged. She came down with...Continue Reading
Kate’s (Catie’s BFF) mom and I have often joked about those pendants we wore when we were younger. One said, “Be Fri.” The other “St Ends.” Together Best Friends. Almost exactly like these cute shirts Kate found for Catie, her BFF. Catie has worried all school year about who her BFF would be. “Does a...Continue Reading
The title of this post is what I’m so looking forward to… Age 1 to 2 for Hergenrader Child #4. Long before any of my babies turned one, a friend told me this one of her favorite years. If zero to one is filled the sleepless awe of watching the infant metamorphose into a toddler,...Continue Reading
A new park can kill hours…even with mosquitos feasting on our kids’ legs.For thousands of years, kids have loved the thrill of catching fish. The Hergenrader kids are no exception.Kids who don’t know about DisneyWorld believe tubing is the pinnacle of childhood fun.100-degree days = indoors for Nate…but he still will be jolly about watching...Continue Reading
I had huge plans for bestoftimes today. Dozens and dozens of vacation photos. Stories. A Hergenrader Family Vacation Remembrance EXTRAVAGANZA. Insights on how our family vacation refreshed us and brought us closer. Instead I present to you a single picture of our UNrefreshed family. I snapped this picture of exhausted Sam right before we left...Continue Reading
We’ve been on vacation for two weeks, and our family has entered that Odd Vacation Time-Lapse. We don’t remember what pictures hang on our walls at home. No one recall what we eat for dinner there. Do we have a mail box? An answering machine? These devices seem like things we used years ago. Speaking...Continue Reading
It’s a universal truth:Kids + sand and water = hours of undisturbed fun.The waves, the buckets, the building…in this case, the lake water.It’s the elusive “hours of fun!” that so many toys promise.Nothing delivers like wet sand for “a day at the beach” entertainment.Even if the beach is a Nebraska lakefront.Especially if it is.Continue Reading
Entering Week Two of our Hergenrader Summer Trip and the kids are exhausted. But not subdued. There are still toads to catch, fish to scare, tubing to do, waterskiing to learn, and relaxing to accomplish. And the twenty-hour drive to do… We’re still negotiating if Catie if a toad will be our eighth passenger. Maddie...Continue Reading
