last night, as I walked up the stairs, the chaos disappeared and everything was right with the world as I heard those familiar words dancing through the air. I peeked in...

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!So it occurred to me I should provide proof that I did in fact, let the kiddos dress up and go trick-or-treating.  I’ve kind of inherited my mother’s lack of affection for Halloween (which scarred me for life and I [...]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…Okay so it’s actually almost Halloween but still, if you’re like me you’ve already begun buying gifts and are starting to get your ducks in a row.  I just found out this morning that Shutterfly is graciously giving me 25 free holiday cards and I’m so excited!  I’ve [...]

While the rest of my house might be in utter shambles, so help me, the laundry is under my complete control (or maybe it's the other way around. I'm not sure)...

This is an area I've been struggling with over the last several months. As the girls have gotten older I've begun almost hyperventilating when we're shopping sometimes. How do I allow them to go to the mall and look (when for the past, say 7 years or so, I mostly just bring things home and they wear them), to see what's fashionable, to let them have their own sense of style when so much of what's out there is completely inappropriate?

  So July began at, oh about 6:30 with Lily startlingly asking, “Mom, where are the scissors?”  Umm, I roll over and peek my eye open to see if David will answer her.  (If I pretend to not hear her, he’ll have to answer her.  Right?)  He’s not there.  That means he’s gone to the Y, or to ride [...]

I’m just going to start by sayin’, selling your house is for the birds… Yes, we are overjoyed that God has answered our year and half prayer for space to fit our family.  Yes, we know that God is leading us to leave this little house we love and move to the “new” place (that’s [...]

I thought to myself, "I'm not going to go overboard. We're going to keep it small and tame. Just a simple little party with birthday cake." But the more I thought about it the more excited I became and you know me, I just can't do plain and simple so, while we did keep it kind of small people wise for Charlie's sake, we went all out on the theme.

It seems like just a few weeks ago we were welcoming this little guy into this big ‘ol world and now I’ve blinked my eyes and that first precious year has vanished.  Remember how, when you were little, it seemed like it took forever for a year to go by? Even when the twins were [...]

Charlie’s  First  Birthday is coming up on Sat!  It’s hard to believe how fast this year has flown by!  It seems like he should be just a few months old…Of course, I’ve had great plans for months for his The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle themed party and yet, here it last minute, and I’m [...]