When I was very young, there was a brick-paved street a couple of blocks from my house. It was really just a brick intersection – a tiny slice of leftover history that somehow got missed by the modernization of Birmingham. I loved when we drove over it and I had the opportunity to pretend that […]
Dropping Off the Kids at the Pool.
Hi, blog world. Noah here. So The Servant Who Calls Herself Mommy took some, what she called, “Stinkin’ Adorable” pictures of me last weekend, so she asked me if I could come up with a blog post to go along with them. (You know, so it didn’t look like she was just filling up her […]
Lessons Learned: Easter With Kids.
1. If one allows one’s four year old to pick out her own Easter dress, one may end up with an insanely manic mixture of tulle, glitter, ribbons, bows, flowers, and polka dots. In fact, it was The Ultimate Anti-Smock. (Sorry, Mom.) 2. If one aspires to photograph four cousins four years old and under, […]
Hopefully When They Arrive, They’ll Be Better Than Mine…
Waiting for teeth to come in can sometimes feel like waiting to go into labor. Not that I look FORWARD to my babies getting teeth. (Um, ouch.) But it’s hard not to read into every new baby development and think “that’s GOTTA be due to teeth.” (Unlike labor, though – there’s nothing to do but […]
Wedding Vows, a Decade Later.
Chris, being the more creative and eloquent half of our marriage, personally wrote our wedding vows. We said those vows ten years ago today, and they were beautiful and meaningful and everything you would want them to be. But to be honest, I don’t remember a single line from them. And yes, I asked – […]
The Secrets of Pisgah.
So. To celebrate our tenth anniversary (coming up on Thursday), Chris and I went to Pisgah this weekend. Yes. Pisgah. But you know what’s weirder than a town named Pisgah? The fact that there are two towns, in Alabama, named Pisgah. I discovered this by trying to map my iPhone to our destination. Then I […]
A Cadbury Mini-Eggucation.
Every year around Easter, I drool all over Facebook and Twitter regarding the subject of Cadbury Mini-Eggs and their heavenly goodness. And every year, people say things like.. “Oh yeah, those chocolate eggs with the yolks in them!!” or “I can’t stand their gooeyness.” or “I didn’t know they made those in a smaller size!” […]
February: A Review, in Conversations.
These types of conversations with Ali can usually be found on B-Sides in my Yittle Fings series, but February was especially noteworthy… Most Philosophical Statement of the Month: “When I’m scared in the night and I have a bad dream, I can always count on God… just like people can always count on […]
Family Photos – Mine AND Yours! (Giveaway!!)
A few weeks back, we decided to attempt the scary – the impossible – the potentially traumatizing. Family photos. With a newborn. A newborn that was not (yet) out of a three-week-long fussapotamus phase. AND without my Mom along to help corral little people and bring about smiles. I’ve never attempted photos without my Mom’s […]
In Which His Life Flashes Before His Eyes.
So. I did WAY TOO MUCH talking here last week. Those answer posts all went ridiculously over my self-inflicted-words-per-post-quota. And now, thanks to those posts (and probably much more thanks to a tiny creature who likes to keep me awake at night), I’m left exhausted. So. Anyone want to take over blogging for me? Raise […]