Looks like I’m neglecting the old blog again, doesn’t it?
A lot has been happening around here. First, we went on that trip to St. Pete Beach. We had a great time—I celebrated my birthday while there, we swam in the pool a lot, I went shopping with my mom and sister, the boys played with [...]
Archive for the ‘Motherhood’ Category
5 Sep
Making Up for Lost Time
22 Oct
Just a Snippet from My Day…
I sent the two littlest boys to the bathroom to wash their hands while I prepared lunch.
Two minutes later, Charlie came running out of there, shouting, “MAAAAMAAAA! Levi’s not washing his hands in a proper fashion!”
You see, they really do listen to us when we say something!
24 Sep
Do Babies Really Remember?
I remember some years ago—probably before I had kids—I read something somewhere saying that it’s speculated that small children up to around 3 years old can remember, at least a little bit, what it was like being in the womb.
When my oldest son, who is now 7, was around 2 years old, I asked him, [...]
26 Aug
Three!
Last night we celebrated our youngest son, Levi’s, birthday. He was so cute blowing out his candles and opening gifts.
I can’t believe he is three years old now. It seems like he was born yesterday…..and at the same time, it’s hard to remember a time when he was not a part of our family.
We’d [...]
22 Jul
Perfect Summer Day
Yesterday…..
The boys and I spent about two-and-a-half hours in our backyard, doing the things we were meant to have been doing all summer long but hadn’t (not really): running through the sprinklers; shooting each other with squirt guns; eating popsicles; and, most of all, having fun!
You know that scientific principle that says, “objects in [...]
3 Jun
Got No Rhythm
Yesterday, the boys and I had a “dance party” in the living room.
We used to do this with some regularity, especially during the year I homeschooled Urban for kindergarten. But we hadn’t had one in ages, so it seemed like a fun way to kick off our summer.
Charlie loves to dance. Probably we [...]
23 May
Considering Summer
it’s pouring rain this morning. Yesterday afternoon, I drove through a deluge to pick Brian up from the airport. He’d spent the past five days at a math conference in Arlington, Texas. I find that whenever he goes out of town, I get so used to fending for myself and the boys [...]
10 May
To All the Mothers Out There….
Have a beautiful and blessed Mother’s Day!
(Photo courtesy of Microsoft Clip Art Gallery.)
22 Apr
Wolf: A Poetic Essay by Urban, age 7
I would like to be a
wolf. First the hunting
would be cool. I’d eat
deer bird bufolooe. Next
the packe! other wolves the
cavs the rivers! finally the
howling. The wooohooooooooaaaee…
all the barking and the heads up. Also the running
all that running. I
would love to be a
wolf.
(Used with permission.)
22 Apr
The Sweetest Thing
Yesterday, we decided Urban should stay home from school to have an extra day to recuperate from whatever bug the boys had suffered from over the weekend. Whatever it was, we knew it must be super contagious, so we figured that was another good reason to keep him away from the rest of his [...]
