The alarm goes off. The light through the window confirms another new day. I slowly emerge from my warm, morning cocoon of blankets, a free arm, now chilled. I am suddenly aware of the morning’s news stories and the extra warmth on my right side, in the form of a child, nestled up against me….
Whatcha Gonna Be This “Hallween”? – Miss Elaine-ous Monday
My Dad is a funny guy. He likes to tell silly jokes a lot and it’s worth it to hear him tell the same ones over and over just see his big smile and hear his belly laugh. When I was a kid he would often tease me during the month of October by saying,…
Pain, Pain Go Away…
So, I’m still training for the half marathon I plan to do the first weekend in December. I missed part of my schedule last week due to being sick but I got back on the treadmill on Monday and things were fine. I was only able to go 2.5 miles but I figured since I…
Nicknames I promise your kids don’t have…
All of our children have nicknames. Since Ben is Benjamin I call him “Benja” a lot. I also call him, Benja Wenja and Spenjamin. When he was a baby he was “The Biggest”. He was not particularly big, at all. I think I it was partly because he was so small at first, that I…
It Can Happen SO Fast
Even though we were in the midst of the “sickies” last weekend, I still managed to get the boys to their respective soccer games and do laundry, feed children (and eventually myself) and resume life to mostly normal. I even brought the snack for G’s game! But, and this is probably NOT news to anyone…
Another living thing…
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be another living thing. Like a tree where the birds nest, and the squirrels use for their climbing post and source of food. An umbrella protecting them from the rain, as it watches the world around it and holds the big job of keeping us supplied…
The Sickies (also known as “us”) – Miss Elaine-ous Monday
Someone has been sick in this house since last Thursday morning. It started with me. I’ll spare you the details but let’s just say a stomach bug found us. Tim and The B Man left for work and school as usual, but by 9:15 or so that morning I was calling him to come rescue…
Quarterly Top 5
So, I found this new (to me) link up over at Amber’s Articles via my friend Deb at Deb Duty Photography and I thought I would join in. After all I LOVE taking pics of my kids! (don’t we know?!) Here are my top 5 favorites for the last 3 months. It was hard to…
Longest Birthday Party Post EVAH! (K’s Party Pics!)
Katie’s birthday party went really well and was so fun! It turned out just like I wanted it to (except for, perhaps, the runny cake frosting but it was still extremely delicious so I consider that a success…). I knew I wanted to do an ice cream themed party and on a whim I called…
Two Lives
I quickly pull into a spot in the dark parking lot, my car for once, child-free. I’m running into the store for eggs and butter, all the things needed to bake a cake for a little girl’s birthday party. Already tired. Hair disheveled, clothes a mess. In front of me, a cute, little car with…