I must have blinked a second too long… Suddenly my baby is a kindergartener. And we’ve left the preschool years behind.
He is so so proud to be growing up – to go to ‘real school’ and ride the bus.
I wouldn’t mind slowing down a bit.
when did this happen?
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
the new man in my life
May 15, 2013 By 2 Comments
I drive out to Ohio on Saturday to see this little darling… My newest nephew, Baby Jake!
He was just the sweetest, tiniest, most adorable little thing!! I held him all night — I got to be all auntie and feed him a bottle and change his diaper and bounce him around to get him to stop crying…
Baby heaven. Truly.
Look at his face. He’s all “Who is this lady and why does she keep taking my picture?”
harry revisited
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Its finally here – I‘m finally reading my beloved Harry Potter with the kids.
Do not underestimate how much I am enjoying this!
Sharing something you adore with someone you love for the first time is so sweet. I love hearing their gasps of surprise at things that no one is shocked about anymore.
Like when Hagrid says, “You’re a wizard, Harry.” And Colin says “NO WAY!”
Or watching their eyes fill with tears hearing about how Harry’s parents died. Watching their outrage at how Harry is treated by the Dursleys. Seeing their excitement about Diagon Alley. Talking about what they would name their owls.
It’s like reliving it all again. For the first time.
parenting exhaustion
May 6, 2013 By 2 Comments
Parenting has been so… hard lately. I can’t even think of one thing in particular. (Well, I can think of SEVERAL THINGS IN PARTICULAR, but they are not fit for the blog. TRUST ME. They are that good. Or that bad. You know what I mean!) So its not just one particular child or one [...]
Continue reading →7 weeks
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Seven weeks from today there will be movers here. Packing up our house and loading everything up to move us into storage. Seven weeks, you guys. SEVEN WEEKS. (breathes into a paper bag) I just want to cry. How are we going to get everything done that we need to do? Go the places we [...]
Continue reading →THE house
April 23, 2013 By
Its been quite a ride these past few weeks. We listed our house for sale. Within one week, we were under contract. I didn’t tell you. I KNOW! I’m sorry. It was just so surreal, I was so afraid to say something too soon. But we’ve passed all the inspections and we have a moving [...]
Continue reading →latest colin quotes
April 19, 2013 By
Colin: Mom, I really need a cell phone. Me: Who are you going to call? Colin: Grandma. Marcus. Uncle Chris. You know. My people. I mean, he’s FIVE. “Mom I have a LOT of work to do when I grow up if I’m going to be a builder and a race car driver AND a [...]
Continue reading →i’ve been quiet this week…
April 18, 2013 By
…because I’ve been BURSTING with things I couldn’t tell you. First of all… Meet Jacob. My new nephew. This sweet, sweet, darling new love in my life! I can’t get to see him fast enough. My husband had to restrain me from jumping in my car and driving 12 hours roundtrip in a 24 hour [...]
Continue reading →dream house
April 12, 2013 By
Our realtor thought the kids requests for our new house were hysterical. So may I present… Ellie’s Dream House a fenced in yard for the dog I’m getting. maybe a doggie door. Unless we get a big dog, then we should probably not have one, since it would just get stuck trying to use it [...]
Continue reading →stuck in the middle
April 7, 2013 By
One minute she’s asking to buy a book that – upon my skimming – includes kids talking about being gay and bi and whathaveyou. (Let’s just call it “mature content” not suitable for a 10-year-old.) And she’s upset and confused when I say no. The next minutes she’s asking to buy a stuffed animal with [...]
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