Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
I thought about doing a {Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real} post today because I’ve got a ton of fun photos from this past weekend in North Dakota. I thought about doing {PHFR}, and then that same line of thinking led to… “Nah.”Because I am busy today—busy busy BUSY, I tell you!—keeping my 2-year-old mister out of trouble. Lately George is fond of Elmer’s … [Read more...]
The Honey-I-Shrunk-My-Friend! Edition … [Read more...]
Costume Update: Yes, Cate was a bedbug! The inspiration came via Family Fun magazine; the antennae & wings, Party City; and the bathrobe, the floor of her closet.(Only kidding--it was wedged between her bed & the wall.)(Still kidding! She keeps it hanging neatly on her bedpost.)(Usually.)Can you guess what Cate is? … [Read more...]
The Godparents EditionWe were in the great state of North Dakota this past weekend for my mother’s 87th birthday. In addition to spending precious time with grandmas & grandpas and aunties & uncles and not to mention all those fun cousins…Cate got to see her much-loved godparents.Cate and her godparents, Uncle Steve & Auntie JanThey … [Read more...]
Angela received a Leapster Explorer for Christmas last year. She loved it to pieces and then it heartlessly broke.Electronic toys will do that to you, won’t they? They are fickle friends for sure.Eventually (as in months later) our little blonde brownie received a replacement on her birthday. This was, of course, to her incredible and ecstatic … [Read more...]
“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”Robert Brault … [Read more...]
The 2011 EditionPoster Credit: Mary Anne & Chris(Those two are amazing!) Here’s the thing.I didn’t plan on doing Saints & Scholars this year—didn’t think I had the time to write all those speeches and assemble all those costumes and practice the children’s lines ad nauseum…From left to right: St. Bridget of Sweden, St. Teresa of Avila, St. … [Read more...]
With my boy, George.(Not to be confused with this Boy George.)(My version is shorter and has much less hair.)So with his two big brothers away at school and the three gabbling geese spending the day at Cahill, George had the momma right where he wanted.That is to say, all to himself.I told him that we would go to the playground and he seemed very … [Read more...]
I love that sometimes they still look newborns...even when they're big boys. … [Read more...]
Updated to Add: By the way, have any of you already seen the movie? A friend sent me a link to this review after seeing my post this morning, and I must say that some of the reviewer’s points are worth considering. I will post a complete review after I’ve seen the film.A 2nd Update: Charlotte continues the discussion over at her blog.Okay, so this … [Read more...]
