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
A snapshot of yesterday, which was a sick day for the twins and Nate. I took this picture last night, when the kids were ready for bed at 6:30 PM (thanks, Daylight Savings Time). After a day of resting, trying to kick their coughs, everyone had a little cabin fever. There’s so much I love...Continue Reading
This post is really about Catie and Sam, but I thought this picture, snapped this weekend, was a good illustration for the concept of Too Big, Too Little. A concept the Hergenrader parents are struggling with quite a bit. Namely, the concept of independence. How do we let go, letting our kids make their own...Continue Reading
Fall weather (sweater weather, as the big kids call it…sock weather for Nate who’s amazed by these new additions to his toes) has finally arrived. With the cooler temperatures, Houston has butterflies! Tens of thousands of monarchs migrated through the area on their trek to Mexico this week. Catie caught this wounded one in our...Continue Reading
A friend of ours has learned how to ride a unicycle. On Halloween he dressed in a green morph suit with a green afro wig and rode through the block party. Sam was amazed. Stunned. In awe. And convinced he’s just a day or two from also riding around in a morphsuit on a unicycle....Continue Reading
For weeks I’ve been meaning to write about Elisabeth’s name change. But every time I sit down to blog, a more pressing subject is, well, more pressing. Really important things like Halloween Hangovers. And slime. Or maybe it’s been that I’m a bit afraid that the name change to Elisabeth won’t last. VERY unlikely. Her...Continue Reading
This morning has all the qualities of a good (horrific) hangover: Regret: (WHY did we let the kids stay up so late? They’re tired and whiny and not fit to attend school.) Remembering: (Wow. Last night was really fun. Once-a-year kind of fun when our kids can run like lunatics all over our neighborhood bringing...Continue Reading
Okay, so this swamp isn’t smack-dab in our backyard, but it’s close. Sometimes too close when I imagine the alligators that live in here…and how this swamp is connected to oxbow behind our house. On our walk this weekend, our family discovered just how much the drought had affected the natural eco-system of the bayou...Continue Reading
Where has the week gone? It’s already Friday and still more pumpkin posts to go. This one (with our NINE LETTER NAMED daughter) will have to wait for tomorrow. Have a good weekend!Continue Reading
