I’m sitting in a coffee shop. I never take my work to a coffee shop. However, drastic measures are necessary, so I’ve just eaten a Danish roll, and Squirmy and I are in a coffee shop. The storm somehow blew something around, and we’ve lost the connection for internet AND…

I had a horrible night’s sleep last night because of a number of factors, and due to my cold, I lost my voice.  The two worked together to cause me to be a viciously grumpy (yet not too loud) person today.  This evening, however, the whole family bundled up in…

It was way, way too dark to be taking pictures, but last night after we dropped Ya Ya off at a friend’s house for a sleepover, the three youngest kidlets and I walked quickly to the neighborhood park right after sunset.  Squirmy was in a happy, talkative mood, and I…

I have caught a cold.  I cannot smell anything.  Having a stuffy nose always makes me a bit paranoid that I smell or parts of my house smell unbeknownst to me. In the late afternoon I’m sitting on the steps in the foyer. Mr. SP:  (standing right in front of…

Sometimes he’s so much like his (time challenged) father. Me:  Noah!  Time to be done with breakfast.  You need to get to the bus stop now. Mr. SP:  But I’m still eating. Me:  You need to be done eating.  Hurry!  Get your stuff on and run down to the bus…

Mr. Sneaky Pants loves the Magic Treehouse book series.  He is seriously obsessed with it.  I cannot wait for the day when he can read and reread the books himself, (I don’t find them the most exciting thing to read out loud) but for now, reading a chapter of a…

There was a lot of drama on this walk.  There was “my sister pushed me into the creek” drama (although she didn’t actually push him  . . . she just suggested he hop across rocks and he slipped and fell in).  There was “my sister is going to be lost…

I did not plan on taking these pictures.  The kidlets actually spontaneously decided to sit down on a walk we were taking Friday evening, and I asked if they wanted to hold Squirmy.  YaYa and The Banana argued about WHO would hold Squirmy, so I said they could take turns.…

Every Wednesday we wait in the cry room at church for AWANA to start, watching Sarah sing with the kids choir.  The cry room is an odd shaped little room with big windows and some comfy furniture inside.  It’s a nice place to contain my kidlets so that they aren’t…

We have a routine, and we’re sticking to it!  Squirmy gets happier every day, and we are all grateful about that!  We also like regularly scheduled naps and bedtime and most nights Squirmy sleeps through the whole entire night just like the big kids.  It’s pretty amazing, and I credit…