Ali is a miniature expert at “Playing Pins” on the Wii, so we decided to try to turn her virtual skills into IRL* skills. * For those of you who live so much in the real life that you don’t know what IRL means, it means, well, “In Real Life”, used often by those of […]
Just A Litter Fun…
A few weeks ago, I purchased our long-anticipated Church Cookbook: On the way home from church, I thumbed through, looking at various recipes. And then I arrived at a recipe so unique that it was powerful enough to change my life. KITTY LITTER CAKE. (Okay, maybe not change my life, but certainly add a good […]
Riddles, Romance, and Christmas
Chris and I are all about a good game or puzzle. We especially like scavenger hunts. The year we got married, we didn’t have much money (if anyone DID have much money the year they got married, the rest of us think you’re lying). Anyway, there was an Eddie Bauer grey wool coat that Chris […]
Every Time a Bell Rings, a Princess Gets her Accessories.
Besides the whole smashing her nose on her brand new big girl bed event, Ali most certainly has had a Princesses’ Dream of Christmas. In fact, I believe that at least 90% of the gifts she received were items for a Princess, which thrilled her little royal heart like nothing else.. AJ gave her a […]
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…
1. The Christmas Calendar This was my FAVORITE holiday tradition as a child, and my Mom was so sweet to pass it down this year, or rather, pass it down to Ali. It’s a quilted Christmas tree calendar with a pocket for each day in December up to the 23rd. It gets filled up at […]
THE Christmas Concert of the Year…and a Giveaway!
Birmingham is the home of a lot of very talented musicians, and at the top of that list are the artists involved with Red Mountain Music. Red Mountain Music is a group of musicians from the community that come together and make stunning and modern arrangements of little-known hymns. The hymns are so deep in […]
When a Two Year Old Cooks Thanksgiving Dinner…
As we were hosting Thanksgiving dinner at our house, I put Ali to work using her new cooking skills. Cooking with a toddler creates many opportunities for great conversations. Ali: “What are you doing?” Me: “Peeling the onion so I can chop it.” Ali: “You’re peeling off the chocolate?!?!?!?” (a minute later…) Me: “Ohhh…the onions […]
The Post After Which AJ’s Family Disowns Me.
Ali and I had the privilege of hosting AJ and Tessa for a couple of hours on Friday. Ashley was headed for a bridesmaid luncheon for THE wedding of THE year – David’s Sister-in-Law, Sherri, married a local Radio DJ, Justin. I have become convinced that between the two of them, they pretty much know […]
Dear Gramamma: Please Ship Ali to Rising Fawn. We’re Not Coming Home.
At the moment, I am sitting on the second floor porch of a beautiful antebellum-styled house a couple hours north of Birmingham, pretending that I’m in Gone With The Wind. Or, I suppose what GWTW WOULD have been with the perk of indoor plumbing. And wireless internet. Oh – and no civil war. At any […]
27 Things I Learned in my 27th Year.
So, being the geek that I am, I kept going back and forth on the accuracy of the above title. I think that technically, last year was my 28th year, seeing as how my first year was between 0 and 1 years old. But, then I was afraid that people would think I was turning […]