Scenes from this morning….

*Gabby was brushing her teeth in my bathroom, when I realized she was actually staring into the mirror, motionless, with her toothbrush in her mouth.  I said, “What are you doing, Gabs?” and she answered, “Seeing if my teeth will brush themselves.”

*Cameron was doing his hair (also in my bathroom) (no, I don’t get any [...]

I’m Taking the Kids to Chili’s.

I realize what Gabby is wearing.  Trust me, this is the least ridiculous outfit she has run by me in the past thirty minutes.  I know that, without that context, it seems like I should be reported to DCFS for letting her out of the house in a patriotic tshirt, blue-and-green dress, candy cane leggings and [...]

Craftiness.

Gabby asked me to take her to Michael’s on Saturday morning, to buy supplies for a Valentine’s Day gift for Daddy.  I thought this was sweet, and I was further charmed by how she plotted a way to keep Dave from knowing where we had gone (we would tell him we went to Starbucks).  This [...]

Valentine's surprises

The kids and I made Valentine’s gifts for the rest of the cousins and a few friends. We made and decorated some cookies, and put them into double-sided pink and purple CD sleeves. In the other side we put a photo of the 3 kids with “Happy Valentine’s Day!” on the top. They turned out [...]

Raising the Spirited Child

So I finally got this book the other day, after people telling me for the past 6 years that I should. I was skimming it last night and I read a paragraph that said something like, “Perhaps you watched your sil proudly beam as her baby smiled and cooed at everyone, then peacefully fell asleep, [...]