I do love a picture that’s also a metaphor. And the faces on this bunch are priceless. And so telling… It was one year ago today that we told the kids I was pregnant (mostly because I couldn’t hide it anymore, thank the twins for the elastic-free skin around my belly). And here we are,...Continue Reading

Nate’s brother and sisters are like celebrities to him. His hobby this Christmas is watching the kids chase each other as I warn them that “someone is GOING to get hurt!” Ironically the other game Sam and Ellie like to play is EMERGENCY 911!. The bumping of heads is just a chance to start this...Continue Reading

So, we’re trying to give our kids experiences rather than stuff for Christmas. Sam got to go to see the Huskers play Texas A&M. I took the girls to The Houston Ballet’s Nutcracker with some friends of ours. The performance was beautiful. The girls were enthralled–especially El, who’s determined to one day BE the Sugarplum...Continue Reading

Do they still call these Christmas pageants? Or has the advent (ha!) of actual kiddie pageants made the term politically incorrect? Sam and Ellie’s school performed one last week. Oh. My. Goodness. Wonderful! I had no idea how far pageants/shows/programs had come since my own Lutheran school days. One of their teachers wrote the script...Continue Reading

…so, baby, we’re heating up the hot chocolate. Other signs the Houston Hot Zone has moved out of numbers that begin with 9… …Catie wore a coat today. She didn’t wear it ALL day. But she made it on the bus with it on. …Nate does not want to breastfeed. Nate does not want to...Continue Reading

For the record, we don’t normally all wear matching Husker outfits. This picture, taken the same day as the infamous Santa picture, was the first one to commemorate our coordinated gear. I feel like I should note that so, when (if) our kids ever read this blog, they don’t assume we dressed them in identical...Continue Reading