Sometimes, when you’re three, you fall off the couch.
Or the bed. Or the chair.
Or run into a wall. Or the door.
And when you’re three, it hurts more than it should. Because when you’re three, things happen in FULL COLOR.
Things are DRAMATIC.
And sometimes, when you’re three and you fall off the […]
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I’m not sure I’m cut out for this parenting gig.
School is the reason I almost didn’t have kids. I was scared to send them off into the […]
Denise Elliott has been blogging since 2003. Her site, Do you have that in my size???, documents her struggles with Type II diabetes and depression as she takes small steps each day toward better health and greater happiness. In real life, Denise and her retired Navy husband share their mutual loves of travel, […]
This was a week full of excitement, nerves, tears…
Aug 12
T and Henry were off doing home brew (not even kidding), so the girls and I used up the last of the tie dye kit from the rainbow party.
Aug 13
This is the face I see, even when the poor guy is […]
Their eyes were big as we pulled into the parking lot. They grabbed their backpacks and held my hands tightly as we walked into the building.
“Can you stay with me?” Henry asks, as we make our way through the gym to the far side where the first graders sat, waiting.
“No, […]
Welcome back to #iPPP! If you’re not familiar, iPhone Photo Phun is the link-up that Mama Mash and I host every Tuesday night at 9PM Central (and stays open until midnight Friday). We only ask that you have at least one picture from any phone camera (iPhone or otherwise) and […]
Normally, on Monday nights, I would feature a guest poster for Great Expectations. And next week, we’ll start up again with another one.
This week, however, since school starts back up for my big two in just over A DAY, I thought I’d take this opportunity to look back on my expectations […]
This was the LAST FULL WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
ACK!
August 5
I love this picture. I picked the big three up from their Nana and Papa’s house after breakfast, and we went out to lunch with my little brother and SIL before heading back home.
August 6
Another day of recuperating from travel and […]
My good friend Jamie from Chosen Chaos (whom I have yet to meet in real life but am HOPING to someday) had a series called “If I Could Turn Back Time.” in which she asked various bloggers this question:
If you had the opportunity to sit down with your 18 year old […]
One day last week, we had to get up super early the next morning for a funeral, so the girls went to sleep at my parents’ and rode with them to the service.
The boys stayed at the house, and after Erv went to sleep, Henry, T, and I went swimming […]