Yesterday a-storm a-came. We were prepared. We made it to Chick-fil-a AND back with our Chicken Minis before the monsoon started. It seemed like the perfect day to get some stuff done. I warned SBW that the power might go out. But, he was all like, “I totally got this, Mom.” Okay, not really, but he definitely had a plan – the Lego man flashlight. Like manna from Heaven, it reappeared after a year long hiatus (I hope he had fun, maybe a beach vacation, ahh, a beach vacation…but, I digress). For some reason, only logical to a four-year-old, there has been much demand forRead More →

For those of you who travel with bags and bags of toys, let this be an example of why not to bother. Children are amazing in the many ways they can occupy themselves, even somewhere as boring as a hospital waiting room. Ta-da! The chair house!Read More →

Broken Eggs

There he was, my dear husband, in the kitchen getting ready to reheat some leftovers. Suddenly, CRASH-BANG-BOOM!!! I lept from the couch to see if he needed some assistance. The scene was hilarious: Dave had dropped some cookie sheets that were being stored in the oven (he claims they were top heavy), Will was standing next to me near the entrance to the kitchen, in the distance were two broken eggs and an open refrigerator. The scene was hilarious: The husband is standing in front of an open oven with cookies sheets all around him because he had dropped them due to him “claiming” theyRead More →

So, there I was,minding my own business, walking down a dark hall and out of the shades of a blackened room jumps a child (assisted by his Gran) screaming, “Boo!” I pretty much wet myself. But. on the upside, it led to an hour of my toddler walking out from behind things saying, “Boo.” (no exclamation point, he’s not that loud). Then he would die in peels of laughter at his own hilarity. He thought this was the funniest game, ever. And, he being the cutest baby on earth, got everyone to play along.Read More →