Birthday Season is over for the month and we survived!We not only survived, we thrived! The twins turned five and M got another year older and exponentially wiser.Celebrating half of the family’s birthdays in 48 hours only had one small glitch…Elisabeth’s chin.In this picture the neon bandage blends in nicely with the girls’ cacophony of...Continue Reading
So, we had a little dilemma last week. Not just last week, as this problem has been growing as fast as Nate’s hair. Which M thought it was time to cut. Here’s the dilemma: Nate’s my baby. His first haircut would mean 1) he’s growing up 2) he won’t have as much fly-away blonde hair...Continue Reading
If Sam was a girl, who loved brightly-colored tops and cute skirts, and Elisabeth was a boy who only wore red football shirts, they would look like this. But reversed hair. You get the gist. If Sam was Elisabeth he’d wear this same dress to church every Sunday. I mean, if we had a church. ...Continue Reading
You know how during December regular life sort of shuts down because everyone is crazy busy buying gifts and planning parties and trying to make the holiday festive for their families?And you know how every single December you’re never really prepared for just how busy and fun and exhausting all the preparing and shopping and...Continue Reading
The Petit Mal Seizure (or the Staresies as we call them in the Hergenrader House) are so common around here during the summer. It’s the fatigue. It’s the constant fun. It’s the constant sun. And the constant swimming. And dance camp! And fun snacks to eat! And all the brothers and sisters around to entertain...Continue Reading
One very fun part about summer/spring in this house is the beautiful birds that stop by our backyard. Thanks to the oxbow from Buffalo Bayou that runs right behind our backyard and the dense forest that surrounds it, we have more winged (and non-winged) creatures than you can imagine.And lizards. Whenever I look outside and...Continue Reading
These two clowns (ha ha) couldn’t be more thrilled for their upcoming birthday. FIVE seems so old to them that they’re mystified THEY are almost there. When someone asks their age, they love to say, “almost FIVE!”This will be an especially fun year because of their Saturday birthday. No confusion over their party on one...Continue Reading
Here are the facts…when your kids have REALLY thin white-blonde hair, and when your kids are REALLY skinny, it’s easy to look WT.If you Google White Trash–with the exception of some pictures of that TV show Roseanne–you’ll see pictures of skinny blonde kids.Whereas during the school year our kids wear perky ponytails, collared, tucked-in polo...Continue Reading
Like I think I’ve mentioned, Sunday was a rough day for our family. Not only for M and me, but also for the kids. Right down to Nate, I’m afraid.M was scheduled to serve Communion at the last church service, something I was looking forward to. Other times he’s done this, Sam asks if he...Continue Reading
