I discovered this year that choosing and shopping for Halloween costumes brings about similar feelings that spring up with school supply shopping (see previous post). The steps always seem to go a little something like this: Step 1: The kids begin coming up with grandiose ideas of who or what they would like to be. […]
This is not to be confused with the great feast that we all know of that happens on the fourth Thursday in November. This is a feast that has become a new tradition in my family. October 12th is my dear mother’s birthday and to celebrate it, we feast. My mom is Italian and loves […]
This is anniversary number twelve for us. Though it has gone by fast, it is getting harder and harder to imagine day to day life without each other (and our four little offspring). We had a great night out by ourselves, just gazing into each other’s eyes…ah, romance. And looking across the table I realized […]
Bet you can’t guess where all of these things took place. The fair, of course. Another year of extremely unhealthy and expensive food, walking around people watching, and to quote Judah, “not doing as much fun stuff, but spending all of our time hurrying to get to the next place”. This was before he got […]
The other day was a day that brought great joy and also brought great sadness. It was a day at home for me just doing the mundane tasks of cleaning my house and doing laundry. But for three friends of mine it was very out of the ordinary. For one, the day brought a new […]
These are how things work in his world: He is a cowboy He has a friend named Tricky (a girl) who he really likes playing with but she has been “texting” him all the time and he’s starting to get tired of it He has a lot of homework and always wants to know how […]
It’s that time again. The time when kids have to go to bed a little earlier, much to their dismay. The time when waking up is so hard to do. New clothes, school supplies, teachers, classes. And the time when things seem to go back to how they should be…routine. Charlie and Coleman both really […]
I have a love/hate relationship with school supply shopping. First off, I like lists. I like to check things off of lists. There is something magical about sharpening brand new pencils and opening up a new binder. Maybe this takes me back to my elementary school days. This is the love part. But as it […]
August has been busy and we have had some computer issues which explains my lack of writing (at least it seems like a legit excuse). And the happenings are as follows: A visit from Jeremy and Natalie, baby shower, birthday, crabbing at Natalie’s family’s cabin, lots of swimming, the beach, more birthday parties and some […]
I realize these are words that do not seem to go together. Believe me, I thought I would never associate those two…ever. More of the words that came to mind would be misery, stinky, unfortunate, least-favorite-parenting-job-ever. But then I had a little girl. Everything is different with a girl, including the arduous task of potty-training. […]