Reese had a birthday this week, and by some streak of birthday luck got to spend the two days before her birthday with her out-of-state cousins. Since the cousins were in town, we decided to cut into the birthday cake a day early and share it with the extended family (and as a side note,…
A Letter to My 10-Year-Old Daughter, on Her Birthday
To Reese, my 10-year-old daughter, Today is the beginning of your first double-digit year. You’re 10! I remember when I found out I was pregnant with you, my 4th baby. I knew it was YOU from the beginning. I had been waiting for you, specifically YOU, for many years (since Dad started calling your…
Birthday Boy – Give Me Your Best Shot #PSF
Shopping for a 12 year old boy is tough. The only two things he wanted were to join a field hockey team and to have a special birthday dinner at Outback Steakhouse. The dinner was easy enough to handle, but here are NO hockey teams anywhere close to us. 12 year olds no longer play…
My Almost-Teenage Son. Eek! #WordlessWednesday
Tomorrow, my oldest son (baby #3) will wake up as a 12 year old. It’s already bad enough that he’s growing about a foot a month and is in high school math at the middle school. Sigh. There’s no avoiding or denying it now. I’m about to have a teenage boy in the house. Wednesday…
Sweet 16 – The Chipotle Birthday Party
I think I’ve mentioned before that I am not a party organizer. My poor kids have suffered through the years with boring – or non-existent – birthday parties. Luckily, my oldest daughter, KitKat, was determined to have a party for her “sweet 16” birthday and did all the planning for it to happen. All I…
Sweet 16 – Give Me Your Best Shot #PSF
I am still having a hard time wrapping my brain around the fact that I have a a 16 year old daughter. How in the world have 16 Christmases gone by since that Christmas Eve that I welcomed my first daughter into my life? I am also amazed at how different my daughter is at…
Birthday Flowers – PSF/Give Me Your Best Shot
Monday was my birthday. And it kinda stunk. Two days after my birthday, the doorbell rang. One of the kids yelled up to my office – “Mom! Someone sent you flowers!” I almost cried when I saw them. I needed some beauty this week. And these birthday flowers were beautiful. Thank you to my friends…
Celebrating My Birthday With Good Friends and @Blue_Bunny Ice Cream
Today I turned 38. Years ago, during a time that CandyMan and I like to refer to as “The Golden Years,” our neighborhood was filled with our best friends. Our back yard connected to another backyard. Our families were so close that we kept our back doors open and would come in and out of…
Happy 2nd Birthday, Cousin! Wordless Wednesday
My kids love their little cousin, who turned 2 on September 11. We gathered at my house on Saturday – all eleven of us for cake, candles, ice cream, presents, and lots of noise! Oh, the noise! But it was happy, happy noise. We are so blessed to have my sister and her family living…
Finish Off National Ice Cream Month With a Bang! (And a #Giveaway)
Where in the world did July disappear to? Last thing I remember, we were celebrating the beginning of summer, and now? Well, now we’re nearing the end. I leave on Sunday and only make an appearance at home for a few days here and there before school starts again at the end of August. I’m…