Wisdom Comes Suddenly

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  • A Thank You Painting

    Click on picture for a larger view For their birthdays, the girls received very special matching butterfly outfits from friends of my in-laws.  The girls decided rather than a Thank You Note, they’d like to send a Thank You Painting.  They picked out a small canvas and used their student watercolors (highly recommend Reeves for…

  • Ninja Tea Parties

    Daddy, Number #1 Super Ninja Daddy.  He takes his tea party picnics shaken, not stirred.

  • Room Parent, Signing Off

    Tomorrow is Sara’s last day at school, and my last day as the Room Parent.  As excited as I am for the summer, I’m equally sad to see this school year end.  This year…has been life-altering.  It has changed everything for us.  I gave up the guilt that I couldn’t be everything Sara needed months…

  • Memorial Day 2009: Recipe for Exhaustion (and for Chocolate)

    What did we do with our holiday weekend?  What did we NOT do?  It started with a solo-Momma night!  I found myself driving north, ALONE, listening to 80’s music with a dozen donuts, a tupperware full of Chocolate Hail (recipe below), 3 bottles of wine, and my favorite pillow.  That can only mean one thing:…

  • It’s the End of the World As We Know It, And I Feel Fine

    It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine. Greg was laid off yesterday. I suppose we should be sad, but we saw it coming for quite some time. Plus, it’s cool to be out of work these days, and we never get to be cool. In all honesty, though,…

  • The Human Need for Artistic Expression…and Cheese

    “Sea monsters at the volcano” For some odd reason, this week, in the midst of the doctor appointments and bad news (hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to a GI specialist we go), I’ve been surrounded by art, in many forms and mediums.  I think God was trying to lob me an easy one, knowing…

  • 3yr7mo, 1yr8mo…Our House

    Oh My Very Busy Girls, The monthly letters have come to a stand still because everything else in our lives is at full tilt.  School!  SCHOOL! The coming and going and birthday parties and play dates and volunteering…I never imagined being overwhelmed could be this much fun.  Work!  WORK! Daddy is constantly coming and going…

  • The Shell Game

    We have a basket of shells.  It grows.  It shrinks.  The shells are sorted.  The shells are counted.  They are used in games of “Toss the shell into the basket”.  These shells find a new purpose almost daily.  Then Mommy plays “Pick up the shells” after everyone goes to bed.

  • “Mom! I’m wearing my headgear!” -Farmer Ted, Sixteen Candles

    Some kids play dress up.  Most play with toys.  My kids put pull ups on their heads.  No head injuries at our house…

  • Double YEEEEAAAHHHHH!!!

    Big news.  Big.  The girls’ Godmother, Auntie Amanda (pronounced Uhn-tee Uh-mun-dah by the girls, who suddenly become land rich Brits when they pronounce her name) has received her acceptance letter to nursing school.  YEEAHHH!!!  Randy is engaged and Amanda is in nursing school.  The good news just keeps rolling through our doors! I am so…