So, I just told M that if Nate is a completely messed-up kid at age fourteen (you know the type: youngest of four…seen, tasted, and tried it all way too early), I can’t fault him. I can’t even be mad at him. Because in these years? He’s taking one for the team by going with...Continue Reading
Love, love, love that’s what it’s all about! And this Valentines Day there’s so much that we love… …candy! I’m embarrassed to admit the grams of sugar in the kids’ treats began with a 5. And was a two digit number. Holy Sugar Rush! …games! Catie has this new game that we play at the...Continue Reading
…Sam loves giving (M had the sweet idea that he and Sam would buy flowers for all the girls. Sam LOVED delivering carnations, roses, and daisies to Mommy, Ellie, Catie, and Gigi.) …Ellie loves dressing like her Bitty Baby…in appropriate red outfits…especially when they’re fancy dresses. …Sam loves Ellie. All the time. She is, as...Continue Reading
I know what you’re thinking. I know, because I’m thinking the same thing. Why? Why do kids love water? Not only the nice, clean water in their baths… (just a side note, Nate has discovered he can splash in his bath. SO CUTE! SO MESSY!) Not the sparkling, blue pool. Not even the kinda-clean stuff...Continue Reading
Three years ago… …Sam and Ellie were Nate’s age. I remember them crying a lot. I remember Ellie could sit up, but Sam could not. I remember Sam realized that and didn’t like it one bit. Nate also can’t sit up, but he doesn’t realize he can’t. And he doesn’t mind this one bit. …the...Continue Reading
Of all my favorite places in the world, this is one of them. The spiral staircase in our front entry. When we bought this house, this niche featured a nice rug. Not our style. My idea of printing, framing and then hanging prints in the precarious spot was not really m’s style. Especially since that...Continue Reading
Dear Nate, Meet the other half of our lives. Outside. (Nate, outside. Outside, Nate.) For your first six and a half months, you’ve become so familiar with the playroom. You have learned the joys of your high chair and your older siblings who don’t understand an appropriate amount of fruit puffs for someone your age....Continue Reading
So, with the cold weather around here, we’ve had more time inside and a less time bike riding (Sam), school (Catie had a snow day), and pushing dolls in her carriage (Ellie). All that time inside lulled me into the false belief that this was a wonderful time to tackle some home decorating projects. Project...Continue Reading
You may guess by the title of this post, and the fact the picture is of Catie IN THE SWIMMING POOL, tSNOWnami 2011 never struck Houston. Yes, that’s right. The weekend began on Friday with promises of historic snow fall…and ended with our kids’ feet in the pool. Ah, Houston. You try to be cold....Continue Reading
S’NOw way we’re leaving the house tonight! Ice and snow and slick roads in Texas are a death trap with lots of inexperienced drivers (hi. that’s me). All schools are closed, M is staying home from work tomorrow, and we’ve stockpiled soup! Meteorologists claim we’ll get up to four inches of accumulation–of course it was...Continue Reading
