I have re-written the beginning of this post a dozen times already. How do you sum up in words your feelings for someone who has been a friend like Wendy? We met Wendy about 10 years ago, and not long after that, she became our favorite babysitter. It was sad to see her move away…
Dear Santa
I found this on my bed this morning…Taco writes the best letters!
What’s for dinner?
Tradition….. Yesterday, I mentioned to PB that I was thinking of making a different apple pie. My friend, Karen, gave me an apple pie recipe that I tried out in October and loved. I figured that I’d made my old recipe for every holiday meal for the last 21 years (boy does that make me…
The good, the bad, & the ugly
I did it! I exercised today! I felt great afterwards (halfway through the workout I couldn’t say the same). It was a success, and I feel positive. We had a good dinner, everybody finished their homework without a fight, and the kids helped me fold laundry while we watched an episode of Little House together….
Happy Halloween!
Halloween was fun this year…The best part of the day was the moment that I realized that this was the first time in 7 years that I was not a room mother, in charge of the parties. What a liberating feeling! I was able to relax and enjoy the school’s costume parade (it seemed so…
Kid math
Here’s a simple addition fact that just occurred to me: 1 mom + 5 kids does not equal 6. Most of the time it comes out to a lot more than that. Somehow kids seem to multiply. Where there are a few kids, a few more will show up. Now, I’m not complaining. I love…
Bedtime…
Before I get into my little vent about bedtime, I had to show off a few pictures that I took of the four younger kids at the park the other day. I didn’t get exactly what I wanted (Noodle was the only one that was really cooperative–she has got to be most photogenic child) but…
What a morning!
The day started out pretty good, actually. KitKat got herself up, made her breakfast and lunch and was completely ready for school by 6:55. Since CandyMan was already gone to an early morning meeting, we relaxed a little, talked about her hiccups that wouldn’t go away, and read together. She was about to go out…
It’s Comcastic!
Woohoo! We are up and running with Comcast. The Comcast technician got to our house this morning at 9:30 and was literally working til 1:30 to hook up our phones and computers. Jeez! I hope they don’t charge us by the hour for installation. I’m crossing my fingers that everything will run smoothly. Today has…