Barking seal

Today I am thankful for Tylenol.
T has come down with croup. It seems to be a minor case of it – at least that’s what my mama’s intuition tells me. He had a fever last night but Tylenol took care of that real quick. You know he’s sick when he voluntarily goes [...]

Ditching the list

Friday afternoon, I made a list of things I hoped to accomplish over the weekend.  By Saturday morning, I ditched my list and decided to ENJOY MY WEEKEND.  Sometimes, I find that I get more things done without a list.  I guess I feel like a failure if I don’t get through a list, but [...]

Whoops!

I didn’t mean to be a tease.  After I saw the comments and re-read that post, I realized it did sound like maybe I was pregnant.   We’re done making cute babies.  I feel confident our family is complete.

Child T.o.r.t.u.r.e.

Yesterday we were hanging out and playing when T said, “I think Q pooped!”
I (lazy mama that I am) asked him to verify.  “Can you smell her diaper? Did she really poop?”
T:  [sniffs her diaper, makes funny face, covers his nose with his hand] “Yes, she pooped!  PLEASE don’t make me smell it again!”

Happy Father’s Day

We attended our cousin’s lovely beach wedding in early April.  The reception was nearby and as the newlyweds were dancing their first dance, I turned around and in the back corner of the room I saw this:

They were swaying to the music.  His first dance with his little girl.  It was so sweet.
I am so [...]

Fireplace

This may appear to be wreckless parenting.  Baby.  Centimeters from a blazing fire.  I sent this picture to some relatives.  I guess it’s good they didn’t call D F A C S on me.  We are not guilty of wreckless parenting, but guilty of bad decorating and cheesy fake fireplace picture – yes.  It was [...]

Around the Block

I decided to squeeze in a walk this morning and walked around my block. It was nice to get out in the cool, crisp morning air. I live out in the country so my “block” walk ended up being 2 1/2 miles. I was pretty tired near the end and my [...]

Food, Clutter

We’re always talking about picking recipes and making a meal plan for the week.  I finally did it this week!  I ended up spending a little more on meat and poultry for the various recipes, but my overall grocery bill was less than it usually is.  My usual grocery trip doesn’t include any kind of [...]

I’m Lame-O

I just read a very sad blog post and feel pretty dumb for getting so worked up this morning about childcare/school! I’ve calmed down and just feel pretty incredibly lucky I got to see my kids smile and give them lots of hugs today!
QP turned 3 months today. She is starting to drool [...]

The biggest blog post in the universe! Ok, not really…

I’ve been meaning to put together a decent blog post for some time now.  It just seems when I do have a spare moment there’s always something else I need to do.  I’ve been feeling guilty that the baby is almost THREE MONTHS OLD and I have yet to journal anything about her.  I must [...]