Family Portraits
Reflections of Grace
During Grace’s Birthday month I’m going to post some reflections of my spunky little firecracker! June 7, 2005 I can’t believe my baby is now 3 years old. Everyday I seem to enjoy her more. I think that’s because she’s getting a little easier to handle. Though she tries my patience and pushes limits many,…
Reflections of Grace
During Grace’s birthday month I’m going to share posts of days long gone, but not forgotten. November 2003 It’s hard to believe that Grace is 19 months old already. It seems like yesterday I was breaking the news to my husband that we were having another baby. I remember it so clearly because in his…
Guest Blogging at Surrendered Scribe
Check out my post! It’s an oldie, but goodie!
Ramblings on Family and Being Nice
Chris made an interesting observation while he was on a weekend field trip with his junior high. “I’m really nice when I’m away from home.” At home Chris is characterized by being bossy, nit-picky, and sometimes just plain nasty with his siblings, especially the two that rub him the wrong way. I can relate to…
Show Time Again!?!
My kids were going to take a break and I wasn’t pushing them to audition even though I thought the Jungle Book would be a great play for them. Actually, I was relieved they weren’t auditioning. I knew if they made it practices would be M/T/Thurs. from 7 – 9 pm. And we still have…
You’re Joking?
Well, actually my kids were the other night at dinner. Joke after joke they baraged their friend, even Gracie (5) got in on the fun telling her trademark joke: Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide. Then she starts another one: There were three fairies. One with pink hair.…
LiceMD and Common Myths
Lice! It’s something no one wants to talk about or admit they’ve ever had. But here I am blogging about it, sharing my personal story with the nasty little critters, and debunking some myths. Myth Number One: Dirty kids are the ones who get lice, right? Wrong? Everyone and anyone can get lice, though it…
The Music Man is Over but Not Forgotten!
We had another great theatre run! Thursday night was a little rough, more like a dress rehearsal since the kids hadn’t really run through the entire show in one day, but by Friday they were beginning to shine! Here’s a peak at the first scene! Chris (13) said the quartet messed up a couple of…
Music Man Opening Night!
I haven’t written much about my son’s roles in the Music Man because I really don’t know much about what’s going on. What I do know is that I’m truly proud of my little “Winthrop” and my “Quartet singer.” Because of their experience (and talent) they are doing exceptional and getting all kinds of compliments,…
Back Seat Babble
I Don’t Like Tambourines! Driving Grace (5) home from preschool the other day she says, “Mom, I don’t like tambourines!” “Okay,” I think to myself and then ask some probing questions to find out why. I’m thinking maybe they played tambourines in school. “no!”or church “No!” After several minutes of trying to figure out what…