Tonight, right after prayers and goodnight kisses, Marie went into the girl’s room and exclaimed, “ooh! Daddy! Look at the big butterfly on Kathryn’s bed!” My husband, good guy that he is, went over to look and give the appropriate oohs and ahhs to whatever it was that Marie was talking about. Good thing that … [Read more…]
Guess who learned how to climb on the toilet? And turn on the water? (and help herself to her sister’s toothbrush. Yuck.) Guess who learned how to take pictures? I’ll give you a hint… she’s someone very small…
I could post about how several members of my family are sick (again), or the hysterical song my dh came up with about President Obama buying us all pizza… … but I don’t think that would interest many. So instead, I offer you this AMAZING, wonderful, easy pretzel recipe from Allrecipes. I’ve tried making pretzels before, … [Read more…]
As Julie mentioned (rather well, I might add!) in her latest post, THE SNOW DAY is an (almost) annual tradition that we Southerners take very seriously. The steps for a successful snow day You MUST go out at the first sighting of snow, because chances are it will melt by lunchtime. You munch handfuls of … [Read more…]
As of 4:30 pm EST, we here at Chez Ouiz… …became a two bathroom family. Let the cheers commence! (and let me just add as an aside that the kids’ mad dash to try out the new bathroom was pretty darn hysterical!)
And to avoid any “evil eye” on my blog, I better change that number fast! *grin* I wanted to take this moment to salute all of you up in the northern states — those of you who deal with snow… and lots of it… on a regular basis. I’m no stranger to snow. I lived … [Read more…]
… who read my blog, I apologize for not being more consistent lately. We have been REALLY busy over here. The construction that we started back in November is nearing completion now, which means all the work that we personally get to do is now in full swing. Like this: Or this: and even this: … [Read more…]