She said to me the other day, “I’m not necessarily planning on being a teacher, but if I had my own classroom, I’d get rid of all of the desks and buy a few of those $8 couches from the thrift store, the really wild and colorful ones, so…

Breakfast in the bathtub!  Mr. SP chose donuts, much to the delight of everyone involved.  He likes Bavarian Cream.  So do I.  Everyone liked the choices. Immediately after finishing breakfast, we headed to the dining room for present opening.  There were many wonderful treasures: clothes, books, National Geographic Magazine!, headphones,…

On the table, Tuesday at 2:00 mismatched 4T socks:  one Batman, one navy with an orange star an unwrapped pediatric journal fresh from the mailman a basket filled to the brim with books of poetry, Bibles, and devotions (to be read out loud while people are finishing their food) a…

The crown we made for Thursday music class bit the dust, so we made another on Friday morning with crayons and fun tape.  Then, somehow we completely forgot to take it to class!  Luckily one of Mr. TOF’s friends had made an extra crown and shared it with him.  

Every Wednesday I load one, two, or three kids up in the van and we pick up YaYa from school and take her to oboe lessons.  Sometimes, if Dr. Peds is working, Mr. TOF stays home, and Mr. SP stays home to work on homework whenever he can because the…

We were standing next to the back door.  Mr. Sneaky Pants ready to leave to celebrate a friend’s birthday.   Me:  Did you brush your teeth? Mr. SP:  Yep. Me:  Are your shoes dry now? Mr. SP:  Yep. Me:  Is that shirt clean?  It looks like there is some stuff smeared on…

Me:  You need to stop growing! Mr. TOF:  I can’t stop.  God makes me grow. Me:  Well, I like you this size. Mr. TOF:  But Mama, God making my head grow and grow and when my head is really big, when I have a big head, I be a Mama!

When Grandma Kathy comes to visit, she doesn’t need to bring an alarm clock.  There’s always a multitude of grandchildren (with cold feet!) that wait for the sun to rise so they can crawl in bed with her.  Mr. Sneaky Pants is especially surreptitious about climbing in under the warm…

My new nephew was born a bit more than two weeks ago now.  While it’s not my story to tell, I can say that he was born under surprising circumstances, and came out at a whopping eleven pounds! You can only imagine my excitement when I found out that Auntie…

Our CSA fruit share ended last week, and I’ve enjoyed our small box of fruit each week all summer long so much that I’m definitely planning on ordering a share again next summer.  It was so much fun to pick up our “mystery” box each week, and the fruit was delicious.…