Archive for November, 2011
New Traditions
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011I am such a Christmas lover that I just can’t stop myself from adding more traditions to my repertoire. We already have so many but I can always find time for more. This year we are adding opening our Christmas cards at dinner each night and elfing. Yesterday we received our first Christmas card and [...]
9th Christmas
Sunday, November 27th, 2011As I was copying and adding the new ornaments into the blog with Madeline breathing down my neck so that she could get her ornament input and up on the tree, I didn’t notice the numbers of years. Annie and Kimberly are celebrating their 9th Christmases!!!! Just a flash ago they were tiny babies celebrating [...]
Just keeping track . . . don’t mind me
Saturday, November 26th, 2011Since the blog is just an extension of my memory, a far better one , I keep track of the ornaments the kids collect each year. Today we went shopping and we picked these special ones out. Kimberly: 1st Christmas: Elephant cookie and baby bib with picture 2nd Christmas: Gingerbread house with crayons on it [...]
Quaking in Their Boots
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011We’ve got a situation. Last weekend, Annie and Kimberly attended a birthday party at Castles ‘n’ Coasters and they went together on the log ride. I stood on some stairs so I could get a good view and cheer them on. Unfortunately, the first time I saw them they were both wailing and freaking out—even [...]
Trotting
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011Every year the kids school has a turkey trot on the day before Thanksgiving break. The Girls asked if I could come down but because of Paul’s feast I could only make it to trot with Madeline. She really enjoyed the time and because we made it around 9 times she got to put 9 [...]
Epic Moments
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011I know the word epic is far overused these days and gives me pause to actually use it, but sometimes there are actually moments in life that are epic. Where moments in time suggest a certain amount of poetry in motion and are indeed epic. Today was Paul’s feast at preschool. 3 years ago I [...]
Thankful for the last feast
Monday, November 21st, 2011“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” ~ Dr. Seuss Tomorrow is the last feast I will attend at Shadow Rock Preschool. I am feeling a bit sentimental over it. Madeline’s and Annie’s and Kimberly’s feasts were wonderful and I have no doubt this one will be as well. The feast will always [...]
Brownies
Sunday, November 20th, 2011Brownies is going very this year. I was really overwhelmed by the number of girls in our troop and thankfully we were able to successfully split the group. I now have 7 girls and I LOVE it. So much more manageable and I can do many more things I want to do with the Girls. [...]
Safety
Sunday, November 20th, 2011“Mom you are going to keep me safe right?” ~ Paul “Yes, of course.” ~ Mommy “Like from monsters, zombies, and other scary things.” ~ Paul “Definitely, if we see any monsters or zombies I will keep you safe.” ~ Mommy Good thing they aren’t real and this will be an easy task. Some days [...]
School Photos 2011
Sunday, November 13th, 2011There is something adorably cute about ridiculous school pictures. We all have a couple from our childhood that we look back on and wonder, “wow, really?!?” Now they offer all kinds of photographs and different angles but I just go with the standard photo so that I can get a good gauge of how they [...]
Beautifying the Place
Sunday, November 13th, 2011Over the last month we have been working on the house a bit. We had a full patio put on the back with two ceiling fans on it so that next summer it will have more shade and breezes on those days when there is no breeze in sight. The patio looks perfect and people [...]
Cute-a-saurus Twins
Sunday, November 13th, 2011I thought it was so cute that Mimi and Paul picked matching pajamas when we were out shopping. That night they chose to put on the same ones. So cute! P.S. That was twins in a Danny Devito/Arnold Schwarzenegger kind of way.
Perfect Children
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011Nothing in the world makes you appreciate your perfect, wonderfully behaved, well mannered, smart children than spending a couple of days with an classroom full of children. When I was a teacher I knew that my children, (the ones I dreamed about at the time), would NEVER behave like some of the kids in my [...]
Back in the Saddle
Monday, November 7th, 2011Today I had my first day back working at Boulder Creek. I substituted in a 2nd grade classroom and throughly enjoyed it. I have loved the past 8 years raising and hanging out with the kids day in and day out but I have missed teaching in a classroom. I relished the days that I [...]
Saying Good-Bye to Penny
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011Today our Penny girl passed on. We adopted her back in April of 2006. We spent the years enjoying her. We certainly will miss her.