We are a drawing family. My kids draw EVERY DAY without fail. The first thing that is placed on the kitchen table in the morning isn’t breakfast… it’s a pile of paper and the pencil box. So it was no surprise that I came into the kitchen and Thomas (age 6) said, “Look, Mommy, here’s a … [Read more…]
Trying to do the Cheerios book with Grape Nuts.
Do your kids play with ice? Yeah, mine do, too. Most of them simply eat it… or freeze toys in blocks of ice for the sheer joy of chipping them out later. Thomas, however, has taken it to an art form. For the past three days he has been tending to his “pet ice.” I … [Read more…]
Subtitled: She really… …does have… …a bed.
…lunch is just too darn taxing. I mean, really, REALLY taxing. I don’t care how taxing it is! Somebody get the kid out of the chair so I can eat her leftovers!
(Pictures courtesy of my friend Sheila, who takes time out every week to take us to the pool!!!) This is Marie… my sweet-faced little girl who wanted to swim underwater like her siblings. I tried to put the mask on… … I really, really did… …but alas, it went dreadfully awry.
When your son comes up with THIS as a valid outfit choice. [no joke. My son wanted to go outside at 7:30 am. My husband warned him that it was still a little bit chilly outside. Christopher came out with THIS OUTFIT a few minutes later, waddling down the hall — as best as he … [Read more…]
This is how we vacuum — ear muffs, feet protectors (matching not necessary), running full tilt through the playroom. [Don’t talk to me about how messy it all is. Believe me, my kids have heard quite a bit of ranting from me this weekend about the state of the house…] This is how we hike … [Read more…]
This is Samson.I know, I know, you wouldn’t have been able to tell if I hadn’t told you, but now that I have, you can *kinda* see where he was going with this… the jeans for the long hair… the sweatshirt (with sleeves flapping by his side) for a robe, etc… I gotta hand it … [Read more…]
This is his “dragon face” (his wings, which you can’t see, are on the back) The outfit Marie chose for herself (my husband said she was “wearing the catalog”) Reading the latest Bionicle comic book. Christopher’s version of “the helpful hat” (from the movie Meet the Robinsons) I *do* think this is really cool, and … [Read more…]