I’ve been seeing all of your awesomely fall crafty posts of how you’re oh-so-fancily decorating your houses for the season, and have mourned my complete inability to pull off anything similar. After all, I don’t usually write domesticated how-to posts, because my efforts would usually end up being how-NOT-to posts…. Such as, for instance, my […]
Pumpkin Fever.
Our week has been pretty low-key, thanks to a fever virus that Ali contracted quite suddenly at 2am Monday morning. Although, if a kid’s gonna get sick, I prefer the fever virus over all other ailments, because, a) parents/other adults seem to be completely immune to it, b) there are no other awful side effects […]
All Little Girls Need Beds of Steel…Right?
Remember a few months ago when I ever-so-gracefully broke Ali’s bed? And remember that Chris “made it work” until he could PROPERLY reconstruct the bed?? Well, life got busy, summertime came and went, and somehow, three months flew by with her bed in the “make it work” transitional state. But then, Sunday night was The […]
Adventures in Illnesses. Of Every Variety.
So this week isn’t starting off with quite the happy vibe I would hope. I’m thinking about declaring Wednesday to be Monday and starting over, but two Mondays in one week sounds rather worse than just accepting that it’s a bad week and moving on, so I think I’ll just look forward to next week. […]
An Original Spin on the Traditional Blowout.
I went through a phase of blogging where I was writing a bunch of disgusting posts. That phase was called Diapers and Pottytraining. Then, as that delightful stage of life came to an end, my posts quit being so gaggable. And really, so did my life. But yesterday, we had A Moment. (Insert ominous-FOX-voice-overdub saying […]
A Chronological Tale of Cubbietastrophes.
Our Church does the AWANA program – similar to Scouts, except you get your badges by memorizing bible verses. I went through the program as a kid and absolutely loved it, and so, of course, I’ve been hyping the utter amazingness of it to Ali. Plus, my Mom has been the director of the Cubbies […]
Tales of Gating.
So after my last post about football, I’m sure that you all assume that our tailgating crew is among the top tier of the hierarchy of football-tailgating craziness. But I present to you evidence that, although I will not deny our proper belonging in The Nutlawn, the nuttiest we are not. WE DO NOT have […]
Portraits of Filth and Bliss.
Abby. Zechariah. Nathaniel. Their cosmetics were provided by chalk, water, and dirt. Some of the artistry was self-applied, Some was sneak-attacked… And some was applied by the traditional (and quite massaging) method of boulder. Back-Art was also provided. And what was my child doing during this amazing bout of pure funness?? Staying as clean as […]
Instilling Mischief: Painting up the Walls.
My friend Christen and I were working on a project at her house the other day, so Ali and the aforementioned-post-surgery-for-the-bean-up-his-nose Luke got some time to play together. They went into the other room to color together, and I rolled my eyes as I listened to the bossiness that I heard from Ali in the […]
A Geek After My Own Heart.
My kid is a geek. There’s just no way to sugar-coat it, because, bless her soul, she is headed for THE Uppermost Echelon of Geeks. And she can’t really help it – she comes by it quite naturally. She was created by an Accountant and an Engineer. Two geekier parents would be hard to find. […]