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I thought they might make the teachers happy, too. So these flowers became their gift from us this year.
I was immediately drawn in by their vibrancy. It was just lucky happenstance that the price was right, too: $16.35 for all four.
I didn’t get anything for the bus drivers this time. I felt a little bad [...]
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Whew. Hello! Miss me?
I can personally attest that the longer you stay off the saddle, the harder it is to get back on. Lots of things going on: new routines with John back home; kids getting ready to finish school; me writing checks and throwing money around like it’s going out of style — either [...]
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We actually dyed our Easter Eggs early this year…
“Early? Vhat is zhis, earrrly word you use? I do not know ze meaning of zhis!”
Yea, yea. So we’re not exactly the early type. And that’s a really bad accent. I know, I know…
I was motivated by our impending road trip for the kids’ Spring Break, which [...]
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I’ve been writing checks lately like they’re going out of style. T-ball registration here; dance recital dresses there; do I enroll my teenager in a summer school class? …. Recently it’s the kids’ yearbooks. Just two of them, so far — for the middle schooler and the first grader. Preschool hasn’t gone that over the [...]
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As my grandpa used to say, “You’ve got a hole in your head!”
Several holes, in this case. The Tooth Fairy has visited twice this week alone…
I was trying to remember how much a tooth brought me Back in The Day. I’m thinking it was a quarter? I do distinctly remember reaching under my pillow at [...]
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Mine, most decidedly, are not.
This comes from having a teenage brother whose nose is stuck in his own DSi (that he bought himself) more often than not. Does that mean his 6yo sister should have one? Certainly not!
She even helped a little brother out, so to speak, and wrote a note to Santa on his [...]
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My 6yo is a sweet, helpful little girl with a service-oriented spirit.
Usually.
She’ll offer to unload the dishwasher.
She readily helps me with dinner.
She’ll even strike a pose and hold it until my point-and-shoot decides to cooperate.
But good Lord Almighty in Heaven above, the child will not clean her room.
This is a normal state of affairs. It’s [...]
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Peter was beside himself with excitement to be invited to a birthday party for one of his preschool classmates. It was all he could talk about ever since I made the mistake of showing him showed him the invitation that came in the mail.
When my kids are invited to birthday parties, I typically spend between [...]
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It’s fortunate for me that a child’s attention span is easily distracted. Olivia has begged me off and on to take another “acting class” — ever since I put her in a local class called Story Book Dramas — over a year ago – where a bunch of munchkins read a story together in the [...]
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…of course there was cake.
And presents…
Pretty simple birthday, really. Grandma and grandpa were visiting for Thanksgiving, so we celebrated with them, too. We kept it quiet and small. (No extra ankle biters running around, anyway.)
Simple, but not free.
The Breakdown:
Cake mix + frosting ~ $1.50 (with coupons) (baked by big brother, of course)
Transformers ~ $52
Emily the [...]
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